中国西部电影中身体创伤的符号意义

The Symbol Significance of Physical Trauma in Chinese Western Movie

为了深入阐发中国西部电影多元的文化内涵,运用电影文化学、电影符号学及身体理论的相关研究方法,分析中国西部电影中身体创伤的视觉表象的符号意义。结论认为:新时期以来,中国西部电影往往借助身体创伤的视觉表象,或隐喻社会/政治创伤,或指称身体反抗、性别焦虑等社会文化命题。中国西部电影中身体创伤的视觉表象不仅准确揭示出特定社会转型期西部人价值观的重组与变动,而且深刻预示着西部文化精神的现代演进趋向。

To further elucidate the multiple cultural connotation in Chinese western films and analyse the symbol significance of the visual representation of physical trauma,it comes to a conclusion that since the new period,the visual representations of physical trauma,maintenance of social and political wounds,body against or gender anxiety and other social and cultural propositions have became the symbols of the Chinese western movies.The visual representations of physical trauma in Chinese western films are not only revealing the transformation of values of westerns in a particular social transition period,but also indicating the trend in development of the western culture spirit.