对太平天国婚姻家庭制度的剖析

婚姻家庭制度在太平天国颁发的一系列政策和法令中占有突出的地位,对其利弊进行实事求是的分析也就显得至关重要。该文拟就男女平等的主张、婚姻制度的改革、严别男行女行、封建婚姻陈规陋习的"回归",这四个方面进行剖析。     

贾府里的"万人嫌"--论赵姨娘的形象

赵姨娘是贾府里一个不受任何人欢迎的"万人嫌".其性格特征是言语俗恶,爱挑唆生事,欺下凌弱,愚蛮粗野.形成原因主要是她猥琐不堪的人格所致.其形象的认识价值和美学价值在于反映了封建贵族家庭的嫡庶之争的现象和本质,揭露了宗法社会一夫多妻制的弊端.赵姨娘的形象表明了曹雪芹的善恶观和正统的嫡庶观.     

论走马楼简所见“小妻”——兼说两汉三国社会的多妻现象

本文对汉代以至魏晋有关历史记录中多见的“小妻”称谓,结合长沙走马楼简所载进行考辨,认为正史记载,大体以上层社会作为主要对象,而走马楼简则提供了反映民间社会生活的真实资料,其中有关“小妻”的记录,体现了多妻现象涉及社会层面的普遍。     

Young Adults' Attitudes Toward Polygamous Marriage as a Function of Gender,Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Marriage,and Other Sociopersonality Constructs

U.S. citizens are overwhelmingly opposed to the legalization of polygamous marriage, but specific reasons for this opposition remain unclear. In this study we examined young adults' (n = 814) attitudes toward polygamous marriage as a function of myriad variables. Particular attention was given to the presumed association between attitudes toward same-sex marriage and polygamous marriage. Results indicated that, overall, young adults' attitudes toward polygamous marriage were neutral. Also, attitudes toward same-sex marriage significantly correlated with attitudes toward polygamous marriage. However, not all pro–same-sex marriage participants were pro-polygamous marriage. Moreover, opposition to same-sex marriage, (female) gender, higher levels of authoritarianism, and endorsement of traditional family values conjointly and individually predicted opposition to polygamous marriage. Implications of the findings are discussed, particularly in the context of U.S. discourse over the legalization of same-sex marriage.     

Playmates and Polygamists

This paper explores the feminine reclamation of polygamy seen in female-oriented American television shows Big Love, The Girls Next Door, and Sister Wives in terms of their commentary on contemporary gender roles in neoliberal society. Reception discourses suggest these programs respond to feminine frustrations with the burdens of work and domesticity and the isolation associated with hyper-individualist late capitalist society. Using textual strategies associated with feminine media forms and contemporary feminine culture, such as the investment in the female group, the female gaze at the female body, and the reclamation of feminine history, these shows demonstrate femininity's capacity to critique as well as support mainstream society. Still, femininity's tendency to merge escapism and cultural critique, seen in all three shows, points to the difficulty of considering it progressive or regressive, instead suggesting that it should be considered as a different conceptual and social space, as a varied set of structures, practices, reading protocols, and an ethics of self that patriarchal cultures cannot easily co-opt.     

西学东渐与中国近代婚姻变革思想的演进

鸦片战争后,随着民族资本主义的发展和西方文化的强势东进,西方社会的婚姻状况、人权观念、婚姻理论渐次传入中国,引起了中国社会的共鸣。大批先进知识分子对比中西方社会的婚姻状况,深刻反省和检讨了传统婚姻的不足,提出了各自的进步婚姻观。从近代婚姻变革思想的萌蘖到婚姻变革思想的形成、发展,进而直至高潮,这一思想的演变脉络,一方面折射出近代婚姻变革思想螺旋上升的轨迹,同时也清晰地彰显了西学东渐的日益加深。