中国农村表婚研究再考

作者曾经在湖北省进行社会调查,考察中国农村文化中亲戚之间的表婚规则。在对现有研究进行了严密的分析之后,可得出这样的结论:以列维·斯特劳斯(Levi-Strauss)的一般交换模式为基础的结构主义论说并不充分,而父系血缘关系的研究视点则更能充分地阐明反对姑表婚的原因,揭示所有表婚形态的原理。

Reconsideration on the Studies of Cousin Marriage in Rural China

Basing on the field work in Hubei province, this article investigated the cousin marriage among the relatives in Chinese country. After strict analysis on the existing studies, conclusion can be made that: Levi-Strauss' structuralism, which based on the common exchange model, is not sufficient. Instead, from perspective of patrilateral relationships, we can figure out the reason of opposing cousin marriage more sufficiently and reveal the principle of the entire cousin marriage pattern.