Dr Yuchen Yang
@dr-yang.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Sociology at University of Birmingham | UChicago PhD '24 | UC Berkeley BA '17 | interactionist scholar of gender, sexualities, culture, semiotics, and childhood | friend of EMCA who stumbled into linguistic anthropology
As a big fan of Japanese anime, I believe animation theory is one of the most exciting theories that emerged in the social sciences in the last two decades, although it can be traced back to Goffman. I've tried to engage with it in my article on gender-crossing cosplay: doi.org/10.1186/s407...
The art worlds of gender performance: cosplay, embodiment, and the collective accomplishment of gender - The Journal of Chinese Sociology
In recent years, cosplay has gained global visibility as a performing art in which fans dress up as fictional characters from anime, comics/manga, or games. Although scholars contend that cosplay exem...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
As a big fan of Japanese anime, I believe animation theory is one of the most exciting theories that emerged in the social sciences in the last two decades, although it can be traced back to Goffman. I've tried to engage with it in my article on gender-crossing cosplay: doi.org/10.1186/s407...
And here's the link to this article: doi.org/10.1177/0735...
Gender Uptake: Theorizing the Semiotics of (Un)Doing Gender - Yuchen Yang, 2025
“Doing Gender” is often read as a theory of how people signify femininity/masculinity via expressive “performances.” This prevailing interpretation falls short ...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
And here's the link to this article: doi.org/10.1177/0735...
Thank you! This is a 1st year undegrad class so Butler would be too difficult. Goffman is hard enough. Also, because "doing gender" is so often (mis)attributed to Butler in gender studies, I think it's important for students to know the theory's deeper root in sociology and ethnomethodology first.
October 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Thank you! This is a 1st year undegrad class so Butler would be too difficult. Goffman is hard enough. Also, because "doing gender" is so often (mis)attributed to Butler in gender studies, I think it's important for students to know the theory's deeper root in sociology and ethnomethodology first.
In this panel today, my international colleagues at @birminghamschool.bsky.social and I shared our experiences of studying social sciences as English learners, the strategies we used to navigate linguistic barriers, and the joys of connecting across languages and cultures through social sciences.
October 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
In this panel today, my international colleagues at @birminghamschool.bsky.social and I shared our experiences of studying social sciences as English learners, the strategies we used to navigate linguistic barriers, and the joys of connecting across languages and cultures through social sciences.
I think it's from Forms of Talk 😁
October 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I think it's from Forms of Talk 😁