This article examines notions of “sisterhood” by focusing on an all-women's lion dance company called Gund Kwok, based in Boston's Chinatown. Gund Kwok, which limits membership to those who identify as female and Asian American, provides a space for women to perform this traditional male-only dance style. Company members have created a community of “sisters” to address layers of gendered and racial oppression. Despite concerns that scholars have raised about how community formations, such as sisterhoods, can be overly idealistic and potentially harmful, this study highlights the role of sisterhood in Gund Kwok and the important functions it serves for the group. It argues that Gund Kwok is a diverse community that draws from the ideology of sisterhood as a way of articulating Asian American cultural identity outside the scope of Western cultural frameworks and the dance's patriarchal tradition.

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城市中的姐妹情谊：通过舞狮创建社区

本文通过关注位于波士顿唐人街的名为 Gund Kwok 的全女子舞狮公司来研究“姐妹情谊”的概念。Gund Kwok 将会员资格限制为女性和亚裔美国人，为女性提供了一个空间来表演这种传统的仅限男性的舞蹈风格。公司成员创建了一个“姐妹”社区，以解决多层次的性别和种族压迫。尽管学者们担心社区形成（例如姐妹会）可能过于理想化并可能有害，但这项研究强调了姐妹会在 Gund Kwok 中的作用及其为该团体提供的重要功能。