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Practices of Intimacy in Mother-daughter Relationships: Qualitative Research on Negotiations of Heteronormativity, Gender Norms and Family Norms

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26285120
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypePartial Multi-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Sociology
Research InstitutionHosei University

Principal Investigator

Khor Diana  法政大学, グローバル教養学部, 教授 (00318594)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 千年 よしみ  国立社会保障・人口問題研究所, 国際関係部, 第1室長 (00344242)
釜野 さおり  国立社会保障・人口問題研究所, 人口動向研究部, 第2室長 (20270415)
斧出 節子  京都華頂大学, 現代家政学部現代家政学科, 教授 (80269745)
Research Collaborator KAM Lucetta  Hong Kong Baptist University
WONG Day  Hong Kong Baptist University
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥9,620,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,220,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywords香港の家族 / 日本の家族 / クィア研究 / 母娘関係 / レズビアン・バイセクシュアル女性 / 同性愛・両性愛 / ヘテロノーマティヴィティ / 異性愛規範 / 同性愛 / ジェンダー / セクシュアリティ / 家族研究 / 社会学 / クィア・スタディーズ / LGB family / intersectionality / LGBT family / 女性学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We conducted focus group discussions and interviews with adult heterosexual and non-heterosexual daughters, and mothers of such daughters in Hong Kong and Japan to explore how familial intimacy is practiced, and if gendered heterosexual norms are reproduced or challenged. Motherhood/wifehood is not revealed to be a basis of mother-daughter identification or intimacy;lesbian-identification, if accepted, could enhance intimacy. However, there are clear signs of the enforcement of heteronormativity. While the mother might be proud of the daughter's achievements, they do not offset her gender/sexual transgressions. Likewise, while a female partner could allay the mother’s worry about the daughter’s future, her status in the family is not equivalent to that of a sibling’s heterosexual spouse. Whether close or not, daughters show a strong sense of obligation towards the mother, especially among the less well-to-do, and the concept of 'care' is core to how they define intimacy.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究で行なったフォーカス・グループ・ディスカッションおよびインタビューに異性愛と非異性愛の娘、異性愛の娘をもつ母、非異性愛の娘をもつ母を含めたこと、非異性愛の娘については「カミングアウト」のみに焦点を当てず、関係全般に注目したこと、母娘関係の文脈におけるパートナー・夫の役割についてもたずねたこと、そして日本と香港をフィールドに調査を進めたことによって、家族研究における成人期の母娘関係ならびに非異性愛者を含む家族についての領域に新たな視点と今後の検討課題を見出すことができた。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • 2016 Annual Research Report
  • 2015 Annual Research Report
  • 2014 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (4 results) Journal Article (3 results) (of which Open Access: 3 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Hong Kong Baptist University(香港)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Hong Kong Baptist University(Hong Kong)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Hong Kong Baptist University(Hong Kong)

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Hong Kong Baptist University(Hong Kong)

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Same-sex Partners and Practices of Familial Intimacy2019

    • Author(s)
      Diana Khor Saori Kamano
    • Journal Title

      GIS Journal: The Hosei Journal of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies

      Volume: V Pages: 19-38

    • NAID

      120006885251

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 成人した娘と母が語る「母娘関係」ーフォーカス・グループ・ディスカッションの結果からー2017

    • Author(s)
      釜野さおり・コーダイアナ・千年よしみ・斧出節子
    • Journal Title

      新情報

      Volume: 105 Pages: 13-18

    • NAID

      40021423064

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Practices of Intimacy : Mother-Daughter Relationships in Hong Kong and Japan2017

    • Author(s)
      Diana Khor and Saori Kamano
    • Journal Title

      GIS Journal: The Hosei Journal of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies

      Volume: 3 Pages: 1-29

    • NAID

      120006226358

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Same-sex partners and practices of familial intimacy2018

    • Author(s)
      Diana Khor and Saori Kamano
    • Organizer
      XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Negotiating Heteronormativity: Non-Heterosexual Daughters’ Practicing Familial Intimacies2018

    • Author(s)
      Saori Kamano and Diana Khor
    • Organizer
      Practices of Familial Intimacy: A Focus on Mother-Daughter Relationships
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Practices of Intimacy: Preliminary Results from Focus Group Interviews with Mothers and Daughters in Hong Kong and Japan2016

    • Author(s)
      Diana Khor and Saori Kamano
    • Organizer
      Third ISA Forum of Sociology
    • Place of Presentation
      ウィーン(オーストリア)
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-10
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Funded Workshop] Practices of Familial Intimacy: A Focus on Mother-Daughter Relationships2018

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2022-08-19  

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