林语堂的女性观探源

林语堂的小说把女性的地位提到了一个相当的高度.其创作模式受到多方面的影响首先,受到西方女权主义运动和西方主流文化的影响;其次,西式的教育和所处的位置使林语堂美化着古老中国的一切,包括一些糟粕;最后,作为一个男性作家,林语堂难以摆脱男权文化的影响,在创作中不自觉地歧视女性.可以说林语堂的女性观是一种不正确的女性观,他笔下的女性是被男人欲望化的女性.     

略论命名与语言、民俗、文化及其它学科的关系

命名与语言、民俗、文化及其它学科之间,均有非常密切的关系。通过对命名学的研究,可以使人们科学地利用命名和有关名称,在人类生活的诸多方面也会产生重要的指导意义。     

文化与河流

文化与河流的关系十分特殊，文化既源于河流，又反过来改造河流。文章重点阐述了文化如何由源于河流到改造河流，如何由被动地改造河流到主动地改造河流的过程。     

What Do Grandmothers Think about Self‐esteem? American and Taiwanese Folk Theories Revisited

The study investigates European American and Taiwanese grandmothers’ folk theories of childrearing and self‐esteem, building on an earlier comparison of mothers from the same families. Adopting methods that privilege local meanings, we bring grandmothers’ voices into the conversation about childrearing, thereby contributing to a deeper understanding of intergenerational nuances in folk theories. In each cultural case, 16 grandmothers of 3‐year‐olds participated in in‐depth interviews that were customized according to local communicative norms. Although self‐esteem emerged as a central organizing concept in the folk theories of European American mothers, grandmothers spoke in two voices, either echoing their daughters or invoking a counter‐discourse of wariness towards self‐esteem. By contrast, Taiwanese mothers and grandmothers resembled one another—but differed from their American counterparts—in treating self‐esteem as peripheral in childrearing. Results contribute to the growing consensus that self‐esteem is a culture‐specific childrearing goal and suggest that the European American tendency to valorize self‐esteem varies by generation.     

从交流和传播的视角解读越文化

本组讨论以越文化研究为例,探索地域文化研究的方法与视角。朱文斌一文检讨了当前越文化研究范式的局限,提出了范式转换的问题;陈越、梁涌两文分别从空间与时间的存在与发展上对越文化作了动态描述。其中,陈文从文化模式的角度,把越文化概括为“剑—书”文化;梁文则从交流与传播的角度,揭示了越文化的形成与发展。     

Book Reviews

Book reviews: Rosemary Crompton (ed), Restructuring Gender Relations and Employment: The Decline of the Male Breadwinner Susan Eisenberg, We’ll Call You If We Need You: Experiences of Women Working in Construction Fiona M. Wilson, Organizational Behaviour: A Critical Introduction Rohan Collier, Equality in Managing Service Delivery Joyce K. Fletcher, Disappearing Acts: Gender, Power and Relational Practice at Work Miriam Glucksmann, Cottons and Casuals : The Gendered Organisation of Labour in Time and Space     

Border Crossings and Diasporic Identities: Media Use and Leisure Practices of an Ethnic Minority

The diaspora of peoples whose origins were in the Indian subcontinent (South Asia) and who are now living in Western countries (especially the U.S. and UK) provides an interesting example of processes of negotiation of new hybrid cultures and identities, using new technologies, such as the Internet, and older technologies like the video player, cable or satellite television, radio, and telephone. These developments may require a revision of the classic sociological picture of assimilation as a zero sum model of acculturation, in which the acculturation of immigrants and their children involves the gradual replacement of their ethnic culture by that of the culture of the host nation. The electronic media, in the context of policies of multiculturalism, may lead to an accentuation of religio-ethnic differences. Contrary to previous assumptions, middle-class immigrants may be more inclined to resist cultural assimilation than their lower-class counterparts.     

长江三峡地区舟楫的主要功用和民俗文化

长江三峡地区自古以来就是水上交通和战略要道。舟楫对这一地区社会、经济的发展起着不可估量的重要作用。它不仅是这一地区运输的大动脉,更是旅游的主力军。此外舟楫与本地区的民俗和文化水乳交融,有着深厚的积淀和内涵,舟楫文化对该地区社会、文化的发展具有深远的影响和意义。     

大学文化建设探析

党的十七大把“加强文化建设，明显提高全民族文明素质”作为全面建设小康社会的新要求，发出“兴起社会主义文化建设新高潮”的号召。大学是传承、创新、引领文化的重要基地，理应在提升国家文化软实力方面发挥重要作用。文章针对存在对大学文化的模糊认识，对大学文化的若干要素，以及建设大学文化的原则要求等作了初步的分析和思考。     

关于“建设生态文明”提出的依据及实现的途径

党的十七大适应国内外形势的新变化，顺应各族人民过上更好生活的新期待，提出了实现全面建设小康社会奋斗目标的新要求，并首次将“建设生态文明”写入报告，这是我们党科学发展、和谐发展理念的一次升华。而探讨生态文明形成的理论依据、现实依据以及建设生态文明的实现途径，对理解和落实十七大报告具有一定的借鉴作用。