旗袍:对女性身体的符号学分析

Chinese Dress:Women's Body from the Semiotic Perspective

旗袍作为中国现代女性经典服装,不仅仅是披在女性身体之上的外衣,更是披在社会文化之上的外衣。对于男性这个"他者"而言,旗袍更多的是一种性的符号,是他者欲望注视之下对女性肉体的一种新的包裹方式。在父权与女权之间,旗袍提供了一个相互斗争与妥协的场所。女性赢得了自身地位的提升,但却仍然逃脱不掉男性他者的欲望之眼。但从女性自身的角度来看,旗袍的出现是女权文化的一种表征,所展现的是一种"文化身体",是一种女性独立、自由的符号。在当代,更是女性独特而迷人的性别魅力的符号。

As classical dress of modem Chinese women, Chinese Dress is not only a kind of outer clothing over women＇ s body, but also a kind of outer clothing over social culture. To men, Chinese Dress is the symbol of sex, and a new way, by which men use to warp up and watch women＇ s body with desire eyes. So, Chinese Dress is the result of fighting and compromising between the feminist and masculinist, and by which women win their promotion of social status, though can not escape from men＇ s desire eye. But to women theirselves, Chinese Dress is the symbol of women＇s rights, and the sign of women＇s independence and freedom. And now, it＇s the sign of women＇s especial charm in sex.