中国的“瓦西里”与他的俄罗斯朋友——走私者与他们的跨文化身份

"Vasily"of China and his Russian friends---Smugglers and Their Transcultural Identities

二十世纪二十年代末至三十年代初中苏边境上走私者的生活是值得探讨的一个问题。除了走私行为的经济维度,历史学家通过走私现象也可以了解走私者超越"民族"或"文化"概念的身份构成。货物的流通如何与走私者的身份联系起来,以及相反,走私者的身份又如何决定了他们走私的网络及策略?对中苏边境地区走私者的跨文化身份的分析,有助于对这一核心问题的回答。

This article explores lives of smugglers in the Sino-Soviet borderlands during the late 1920s and early 1930s. While studying phenomena of smuggling, historians can - besides its economic dimension - also learn about identities of smugglers, which go beyond the notions of ＇nation＇ or homogenous concepts of ＇culture＇. How was the transfer of commodities connected with smugglers＇ identities, which, in turn, Shaped their strategies and networks？ To answer this key question, the text focuses on smugglers＇ trans-cultural identities in the Sino-Soviet borderlands.