在历史与性别之间——大陆地区近代中国妇女史研究的知识史路径

Between History and Gender:Understanding the Studies of Modern Chinese Women in China's Mainland from the Perspective of Knowledge Production

本文将近五年来大陆地区近代中国妇女史研究视为一种知识生成,探讨该领域的研究者们如何依托学科、性别等途径产生对"妇女"的体制性知识。一方面,研究者们以"妇女"为统摄概念,借助会议、期刊、数据库、丛书等生产机制和资源,跨越史学内部不同领域,推动史学与其他学科之联合,促成妇女史研究这一学术共同体的极大发展;另一方面,由于学科、知识体系和代际等方面的差异,学者们形成不同的问题意识和思维方式对"妇女"进行研究。这些知识生产方式不只是个体层面的学术探索,亦是时代趋势之折射。它们反映出历史学科内部不同领域的划界和跨界,妇女/性别理论和实践的在地化和全球化互动,以及中国在当下世界格局中以本土经验来寻求自我定位等议题。唯有进一步反思研究者自身的知识前提,以个体勾连时代,我们才能将近代中国妇女史研究向纵深推进。

This paper sees as a body of produced knowledge the scholarship of modern Chinese women in the past five years in China's Mainland.It examines the ways in which scholars in this field produce the institutional knowledge of"woman"by crossing the boundaries of fields and genders.On the one hand,by taking"woman"as a master concept and relying on the resources of conference,journal,and database,scholars are able to interact with those in other fields and cultivate the growth of the academic community.On the other hand,because of the differences in discipline and knowledge structure,scholars have formed their own questions and styles of thought.The production of this body of knowledge is not just the personal exploration of the field;on the contrary,it reflects the tendencies of the reality.This includes the boundary setting and crossing within the discipline of history,the localization and globalization of women/gender theories and practice,and the efforts that China take to locate itself in the world.Only by further examining scholars’assumption can we move forward in the field of modern Chinese women’s history.