小城镇各阶层家庭消费结构实证研究——以S小城镇调查为例

Empirical research of the consumption structure of the families in small towns——A case study in S town

本文从消费的角度分析社会分层的现象,采用这种方法的一个原因是消费的概念可以揭示一个事实:消费嵌入于具体的社会关系中。通过对S小城镇家庭消费结构的实证研究,说明消费不仅仅是意义的符号游戏,而与地位概念相对立。总的来说,家庭的消费不仅被所属的社会阶级所型塑,而且也为其所属阶级和其他阶级之间的关系所型塑。

This article analyzed the phenomenon of social stratification from the point of view of consumption.One of the reasons for this approach is that the concept of consumption can reveal a fact： consumption embedded in specific social relations.The empirical research of the consumption structure of the families in S town shows that consumption is not just meaningless symbol game,but opposed to the concept of the status.Overall,the consumption of a family has been shaped not only by the respective social class,but also by the relationship between its respective class and other classes.