一个美国人类学家的中国情结

An American Anthropologist’s Emotional Ties with China

人类学在聚焦世界各地人们的生活及其方式的过程中,一直致力于成为一门客观性的科学。最近,女性人类学者们的一些活动则为表达主观观点,传达个人情感及检验人类学者和研究群体间的关系开辟了道路。这篇文章审视了我个人一生对中国的美好情感,而我的这种情感于 2000 年参加在北京举行的IUAES(国际人类学民族学联合会中期会议)时达到高潮。

Anthropology has sought to become an objective science, focusing on the lives and lifestyles of people around the world. More recently, a move by feminist anthropologists has opened the way for subjective views for conveying feelings and personal involvement, and for examining relationships between anthropologist and study group. This account is an examination of my own personal and lifelong passion for China, culminating in attendance at the IUAES meeting held in Beijing in 2000.