符号价值的限度:《窈窕绅士》的消费主义文化批判

The Limits of Symbolic Value:A Critique of Symbol and Consumerist Culture of My Fair Gentleman

《窈窕绅士》借助电影叙事艺术地再现了中国消费社会出现过程,男主人公通过对物的符号价值的占有,对文化资本的占有和欣赏趣味的提高,最终在消费中实现了自我的身份认同与他人的"承认"。然而,通过仔细研究发现,影片通过消费社会的符号意义的诠释揭示出了消费社会的本质、消费社会的悖论,指出消费主义文化对个体的意义以及消费的无限性造成个体严重的精神危机。

My Fair Gentleman artistically reproduces the process of China＇ s consumer society with the film narrative. The hero achieves the dual identity of self and others＇ ＂recognization＂ in consumption by the possession of symbolic value and cultural capital of objects. However, the film reveals the nature and the paradox of symbolic consumer society with the interpretation of symbolic meaning of consumer society, and indicates significance of the culture of consumerism to individual and individual spiritual crisis created by unlimited consumption.