认同与区分——民族服饰的族群语意表达

民族服饰通常被视作一个民族十分重要的外在标识,体现并强化着族群内部的认同及与他族的区分。然而,在一些多族杂居或不同民族相邻而居的地区,族属的不同很难通过服饰的形质来判断,但这并不意味着他们之间失去了认同的依据。一方面,想象中的差异帮助他们确认彼此间的距离;另一方面,事实上的共通之处又使他们保持友好和谐的关系。于是,在族际交流的情形下,服饰的＂大同小异＂更多地成为处理＂自我＂与＂他者＂关系的一种生存策略。

IDENTIFICATION AND DISTINGUISH——The Ethnic Expression of Ethnic Costume

In this paper, the author thinks that Ethnic costume has always been seen as an important external marker for a minority; it shows and strengthens how to identify within the minority, and distinguish from other minorities. In some places, those different nationalities live together or beside each other, it is truly hard to recognize their dissimilar nationalities by their costumes; however, it doesn’t mean that they have lost their way to be identified. On the one hand, imagined differences help them to confirm their own identification; On the other hand, the real commons contribute to keep a friendly and harmonious relationship. Therefore, the "alike with minor differences" in costumes is more likely to be a survival strategy for them to deal with the relationship between "the self" and "the others" in the case of the ethnical communication.