Consumption and poverty in the homes of the English poor,c. 1670–1834

The consumer behaviour of the poor in the long eighteenth century has attracted more historical attention in recent years. Yet, we have little understanding of whether regional factors affected consumption or how the poor’s ownership of household goods was influenced by level of poverty and the life-cycle. By focusing on Kent and drawing comparisons to other counties, this article argues that the material lives of the poor were improving by the late eighteenth century, but finds that there were distinct regional differences as the poor acquired more and better goods in London and the Home Counties than in relatively remote areas. Moreover, by using pauper inventories and labourers’ probate inventories, the research finds that the poor were not a homogeneous group with similar levels of material wealth, but should be considered in terms of different subgroups which often led very different material lives to one another due to life-cycle-related problems including sickness and old age. Labourers’ probate inventories are found to represent a minority of the poor who were materially richer than most, whilst pauper inventories appear to represent a more typical subgroup of the poor that struggled to make do and owned most types of goods in smaller numbers.     

玄言诗与宫体诗物象特征之比较

玄言诗与宫体诗中的物象是从山水到美人的演变,是从追求本质真实到执着现象真实的转换,这充分表明了东晋到南朝物象地位变迁的轨迹。玄言诗中的自然山水以象征化、简约化的形态彰显自身,宫体诗中的物象具有鲜明的感官化、唯美化的新变特征。主体的不同心态促成了二者各异的审美追求。     

简朴隐情韵,天然寓奥义——朗费罗与孟浩然自然景物诗比较

本文从美学角度比较分析了美国“新英格兰诗人”亨利·朗费罗与中国唐代隐逸诗人孟浩然的几首自然景物诗 ,旨在解读他们相似的审美情趣和东西美学相通之处。文章指出两位诗人的表层景物描绘下皆隐藏了深沉的价值关怀 ,体现了本然生命与自然生命的相互渗透侵袭 ;传达了他们对人世的顿悟以及对超越时空的生命意识的终极探寻。此外 ,由于来自不同的文化背景 ,经历了不同的生活道路 ,两人对自然的表现方式亦各有特色。     

形、神、韵-汉魏唐宋山水诗画艺术自然审美走向

自然美是人化自然的结果,山水诗画艺术是主体自然美感经验的物化形态。从六朝到宋代的山水诗画艺术,大致经历了从写形、传神、达意的转变过程,同时又折射出人们对自然美的认识的嬗变轨迹     

从格式塔意象看古诗《江雪》的翻译

本文通过对<江雪>四个译文在格式塔意象的再现和重组上得与失的分析,得出在文学翻译中对原文格式塔意象的再现比对各个语言成分之忠实更重要.无论在原文理解、译文表达还是翻译评论上,我们都不可忽视文本的连贯性和整体性.     

评鲍德里亚的"消费社会理论"

鲍德里亚系统提出了"消费社会"的理论。他企图对唯物史观进行"颠覆"是错误的。但是不能简单地认为他是资本主义制度的辩护士。鲍德里亚不懂得马克思从根本上颠覆了国民经济学和唯心主义历史观的两种"幻象",从而奠定了生产和劳动对于人类社会存在与发展的基础性地位;不懂得消费与生产的现实辩证关系,片面地离开生产探讨消费的新特征,甚至主张用消费取代生产。消费异化是劳动异化的表现。技术救赎不可能解决当代人类面临的重大社会问题。     

质押——个人住房消费贷款的一种制度创新

文章分析了推行个人住房消费质押贷款的优势和可行性,探讨了可以用来作为住房质押贷款的质物和住房消费质押贷款的运作机制,最后指出了个人住房消费质押贷款能顺利运作所必须的支撑体系.     

诗谶说的文学批评价值

诗谶是鉴诗者将诗歌作品与诗人或相关人物命运相结合,以求诗歌与史实或本事互相印证的一种诗歌批评形式.它包含着兴亡谶、穷通谶(科谶与仕谶)、贫富谶、寿亡谶、祸福谶等内容,是汉儒以谶解诗、诗学与命理学结合的产物,虽然披上了宿命论外衣,却汲取并深化了古代诗论的言志言情、知人论世、诗可以观、气象观诗说等多方面的内在精神.正确评价诗谶对批评地接受传统诗学遗产是十分必要的.     

Consumption and Saving Behavior of Older and Younger Baby Boomers in Korea

The 1998 Korean Survey of Family Income and Expenditures was used to examine the overall consumption and saving behavior of Korean baby boomers and compared the differences in consumption and saving behavior between older and younger boomers. The t -test results indicated that the younger boomers allocated a significantly higher percentage of their expenditures on food away from home, household appliances, transportation and communication than did the older boomers, whereas the older boomers spent higher amounts and allocated larger budget shares on their children's education than did the younger boomers. The results of Ordinary Least-Squares (OLS) regression analysis showed that, holding other factors constant, older boomers not only spent significantly more in the total consumption expenditures and education expenditures, but older boomers also saved significantly less than did younger boomers.     

Consumption Patterns of Chinese Children

In the ten-year period from 1990 to 1999, children's consumption has increased dramatically in proportion to family income. In 85% of urban families, children's average consumption is equal to one third or more of the family's income. Resources are being directed to children's food and dietary supplements, toys, travel, computers and other electronic equipment, and educational resources. Children perceive that they have a significant influence on the family's financial decision-making. Problems related to children's consumption include indulgence in unnecessary or harmful purchases, and conspicuous consumption that cannot be sustained by the family's income. While some child-focused spending is viewed as enriching development, other expenditures may harm the family's economic well-being and foster an overly materialistic outlook among children.