摘要
身体是被社会性地建构和生产的,身体的呈现方式不仅取决于微观的社会互动场域,也取决于宏观的生产和消费方式。本文以作者通过观察和访谈所掌握的广州餐馆等服务业中从业的农村打工妹的日常生活等资料的基础上,对这些打工妹如何通过对自身身体资本的挖掘、借用和改造,去建构自己的城市生活世界、适应城市生活及其要求的展开了细致的分析。作者指出,虽然"做个城市人"对大多数打工妹来说是一个不切实际的梦想,但通过改变身体这样的微观策略,起码"像个城市人"还是能够争取的,而这一目标的实现是她们在城市生存的前提条件。
A person’s physical body is being shaped by social forces——the body’s appearance is not only the product of social interaction at its micro level but also influenced by macro-level production and consumption. With the method of observing and interviewing the blue-collar girls (dagongmei) who migrated from rural areas to be working in the restaurant service sector in Guangzhou, the author describes how dagongmei are building their urban world and adapting to the demands of a city life by utilizing and transforming their bodies as their capital resources. The author points out that 'to be a real city girl' may be an unrealistic dream to most dagongmei; however, 'to look like a city girl' is achievable with just a trivial tactic to change the look of the body. This approach is the precondition for their survival in the city.
出处
《社会》
CSSCI
北大核心
2008年第6期153-175,共23页
Chinese Journal of Sociology
基金
南京大学中国社会与文化研究中心项目“进城农民的城市适应性研究”的成果之一
关键词
打工妹
身体资本
城市适应
adaptation to city life, body as the capital, dagongmei