跨文化视野中的聘礼--关于中国少数民族婚姻聘礼的比较研究

本文采用跨文化的比较研究方法,对中国少数民族聘礼的种类与消费结构、聘礼的名目及社会功能以及聘礼运作规则等问题做了探讨.文章认为,加强对聘礼的跨文化比较研究,对于人们认识婚姻缔结过程中不同个体和群体的特殊需要,以及各个民族有关婚姻家庭的社会文化规范,具有重要的学术意义.

Bride Price in a Cross-Cultural Perspective: A Comparative Study on the Bride Price among the Ethnic Minorities in China

With the cross-cultural comparative method, this paper studies the bride price among the ethnic groups in China, including the relations between the types of bride price and the consumption structure, as well as the items, social functions and rules of the bride price. The study of the bride price with the cross-cultural comparative method, the author thinks, has academic significance to understand both the special needs of different individuals and groups in the process of marriage conclusion and the socio-cultural norms of various ethnic groups in terms of marriage and family.