The Selves And The Others:a Research On Interaction And Identity Of The Fujoshi Members

The Chinese fujoshi members appeared after the Japanese TANBI-culture which diffused itself in China. TANBI-culture generally represents the theme of boy’s love, which dissociated form mainstream culture. As the primary audience of the edge culture, the Chinese fujoshi members have a rapid development on the network. They created their own TANBI language, having their own unique thoughts and behavior. So, it is easy to distinguish fujoshi members from others. Within groups, they keep close to each other, showing the strong sense of identity.Now, the Chinese fujoshi members have some new development trends. First, the number of fujoshi is increasing, and the great majorities are adolescents. Secondly, a great amount of pornography can be seen in TANBI-culture. The radical members are called "Counterfeit fujoshi" who can’t distinguish the imagination and reality. Finally, more and more members begin to contact with the male homosexuality colony.The fujoshi groups own, male homosexuality colony and the community are all influenced by the development of the fujoshi members. On one hand, TANBI-culture has an impact on the fujoshi’s sexual orientation; the other hand, it has a net expansionary effect on the women’s liberation. The male homosexuality colony can take comfort from the fujoshi groups. At the same time, learning some homoerotic knowledge by the fujoshi groups, people evolve TANBI-culture into an entertainment culture online.The fujoshi members were aware of that she is a fujoshi by reading TANBI-novelties. Then, they communicated with one another, learned to know TANBI-vocabulary, observed the colony norm inside the group. When they thought "I am one of fujoshi members", they formed the group identification. The fujoshi members communicated with one another from the network to the reality when they were familiar with each other to a certain extent."Counterfeit fujoshi" is a treatment when the group identification is being questioned. Those who don’t observe colony norm are deemed as atypical group members. By this way, the group identification will be strengthened.The group identification of fujoshi members is inseparable from the male homosexuality colony that is an important component. Their interaction based on the similarity between them and the need of approval.There are three types of interaction: the type of Closing to each other, the type of mutual exclusion and the type of weak connection. Different interaction types associate with age, degree of education, personal experience and the dimension of interaction. The interaction between the fujoshi members and the male homosexuality colony affects the group identification of fujoshi members. In Different interaction types, the group identification of fujoshi members is different. The different group identification of fujoshi members will cause the dissimilar type selection.According to modern identity theory, this paper attempts to describe the existing conditions of Chinese fujoshi members through Network questionnaire, Case Interview, and Participant observation.we talk about the influence to in all directions caused by the development of fujoshi group. This study describes the procedure and correction of group identification through Group identification and intergroup interaction. So, we will gain an intimate knowledge of Chinese fujoshi members; reveal the Formation of Subculture groups against network background.