Liang Ge
Liang Ge is a sociologist whose research focuses on digital media, gender, sexuality and popular cultures and creative industries in East and Southeast Asia. Their work examines how digital technologies and platforms have become sites of struggles and sociocultural negotiations, particularly concerning issues of queernesses and feminisms. Ge is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester and an Honorary Research Fellow at University College London (UCL).[1][2]
Research and career
Ge's research analyzes the intersection of digital technology, creative industries, and youth culture. A significant theme in their work is the concept of "ambivalence," exploring how young women in China navigate shifting feminist and post-feminist identities in digital spaces.[3] They have also written extensively on the sociocultural politics of danmei (also known as boy's love, BL), a genre of fiction and media focusing on romantic relationships between male protagonists.[4][5][6]
Ge's analysis of Chinese digital cultures has been cited in international media outlets to provide context on topics such as digital intimacies, LGBTQ+ expressions, censorship, and fan communities. Their commentary has been featured in reports by BBC News and the South China Morning Post regarding government censorship of online queer media and its impact on creative communities.[7][8] Ge has also provided expert analysis for The New York Times and Agence France-Presse on the detention of writers involved in creating gay erotic fiction, situating the events within a broader context of state control over cultural production.[9][10]
Prior to their position at Manchester, Ge held academic posts at University College London, King’s College London, and City, University of London.
References
- ↑ "Liang Ge". The University of Manchester. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ↑ "Gender, labour and diverse families". UCL Institute of Education. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ↑ Ge, Liang (2025-04-30). "Ambivalent desiring subjects: young women, agency and post-(socialist-)feminist sensibilities in China". Feminist Theory. doi:10.1177/14647001251334949. ISSN 1464-7001.
- ↑ Hu, Tingting; Ge, Liang; Wang, Cathy Yue (2024-03-03). "A state against boys' love? Reviewing the trajectory of censorship over danmei". Continuum. 38 (2): 229–238. doi:10.1080/10304312.2024.2357335. ISSN 1030-4312.
- ↑ Ge, Liang (2022-07). "Dual ambivalence: The Untamed Girls as a counterpublic". Media, Culture & Society. 44 (5): 1021–1033. doi:10.1177/01634437221104713. ISSN 0163-4437. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ Ge, Liang (2025-06-01). "Ambivalent affective labor: The datafication of qing and danmei writers in the cultural industry". European Journal of Cultural Studies. 28 (3): 773–792. doi:10.1177/13675494241270468. ISSN 1367-5494.
- ↑ "China is cracking down on young women who write gay erotica". BBC News. 2025-06-29. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ↑ "Chinese LGBT shutdown 'may be result of backlash against Western influence'". South China Morning Post. 2021-07-11. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ↑ "Chinese Police Detain Dozens of Writers Over Gay Erotic Online Novels". 2025-06-28. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ↑ "China crackdown on gay erotica stifles rare outlet for LGBTQ expression". France 24. 2025-07-11. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
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