一位外国传教士眼中的甘南族群关系——埃克瓦尔《甘肃藏区边境文化关系》评述

埃克瓦尔所著《甘肃藏区边境文化关系》一书,是研究早期基督新教在中国边疆传教和广义之甘南区域族群关系的珍贵史料,国内尚无系统介绍。该书以人类学视角研究了19世纪初甘南地区的民族文化关系,描画了汉、回、藏牧、藏农四种族群类型,特别是重点阐述了四者之间的四种文化关系(汉民和说汉语的穆斯林;汉民和藏农;穆斯林与藏牧;藏牧与藏农)。本文主要是介绍这本书的内容,由此呈现一位传教士眼中的甘南地区的文化关系图景,并试图进一步指出其在文化理论上的价值。

A Foreign Missionary's View on Gannan Ethnic Relations: A Review of Ekvall's Cultural Relations on the Gansu-Tibetan Border

Ekvall's Cultural Relations on the Gansu-Tibetan Border serves as valuable historical materials for the study of early protestant dissemination and ethnic relations in broad Gannan district(southern Gansu).No sufficient or systematic introduction has been made to it in China.In anthropological perspective the book explores the ethnic and cultural relations of Gannan district in the early 19th century,Chinese,Chinese-speaking Moslems,Nomadic Tibetans,Sedentary Tibetans with emphasis on the cultural relations...