Duan Yawei Gloria
Supervisor

Prof. SUEN Yiu Tung

Area / Thesis topics
  • Public Health
  • LGBTQ Studies
  • Masculinity
  • Medical Discourse
Research Interests
  • Medical discourse on masculinity
  • Chinese lesbian community
  • Cross-gender performance in Chinese Opera (坤生/女小生)
Brief description of my research work

My current research focuses on the embodiment of gender and how masculinity is defined, constructed, deconstructed, and reshaped within medical discourse. I anticipate conducting fieldwork in hospital to observe doctor-patient interactions and the discourse manipulation strategies employed by healthcare professionals.