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Daily reflections and reading logs
1
Jacques Lacan
I think that growing up in an environment with a long history of feudalism, women's consciousness is full of awakening and resistance.
But subconsciously there is still the influence of the long existence of feudalism. However, the desire for freedom and the desire to be free from control is growing.
2
Carl Gustav Jung
We must first deal with the individual subconscious and make the subconscious conscious, otherwise we cannot open the door to the collective consciousness.
So I think, first of all, some women have to have the consciousness of female awakening, and at the same time, through different presentations, expressions, or behaviours in the society, so as to drive more women to have the consciousness of female independence and autonomy. As a female artist, I hope I can present my consciousness through my works and bring a sense of power and life to the audience.
3
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
In his theory of self-identity, Hegel emphasised that individuals form their identity through their interactions and social relationships with others. Feminism emphasises that social expectations and roles of women have a profound impact on their self-identity. Some contemporary Chinese women have changed their social attributes, and have been influenced by Internet culture, film and television culture, and have a longing for "elite women's culture", but they are still influenced by the traditional idea of women's image and identity.
4
Judith Butler
Judith Butler, an American gender researcher, has rethought the relationship between the basic attributes of gender, i.e., sex and gender, and put forward the concept of gender as "gender is formed by performance". In other words, gender is a social structure and discourse based on the repetition of gender norms, and individuals are forced to perform gender images in order to move towards gender identity. Asian femininity, influenced by traditional gender concepts and biological differences, has been moulded into a passive, submissive and subordinate male other, and this innate femininity is not directly derived from biological facts, but rather from social and cultural conventions, which are the result of socialisation and coercive norms.
5
Chizuko Ueno
"It is always easy for girls to be the superior students. After all, it is one of the 'virtues' of femininity to live up to the expectations of those around you. And superior students get in the habit of doing so, of watching their words and trying to meet the expectations of their teachers and parents." This quote is from an excerpt from a journalist's interview with Chizuko Ueno in the book Opening:Interviews with Women Scholars. Until I was eighteen years old, I tried to fulfil my parents' expectations of me as a "good girl" in the eyes of everyone, and my perception of gender was shaped by a commanding or coercive discourse, and their education of "successful women" was actually a constant influence on me. The "successful woman" education I was taught was the gender shackle that always influenced my upbringing. However, after I became an adult, I have been influenced by contemporary women's thinking, and my understanding of women's identity and value has gradually changed. I have gradually thought about women's value to the society, women's value to the family, and women's self-worth, which have also triggered the motivation of my creative work. On the other hand, under the influence of the Internet and film culture, some contemporary Chinese women have a longing for the identity of "elite women", and their social attributes are changing, but they are still bound and influenced by the traditional idea of women's image identity.