婚姻支付实践中的妇女地位——对青藏高原东南地区几个民族的历史考察

The Status of Women in the Practice of Marriage Expenses

青藏高原东南地区地形地貌复杂,文化多样性显著,不同的社会制度产生出形态各异的婚姻相态与支付方式,同时使身处其中的妇女因此具有了差异明显的社会地位与家庭地位。文章通过对这一地区四个世居民族的历史比较,分析了妇女群体在社会结构与文化变迁中的能动反应,同时揭示了婚姻与支付实践中的深层文化动因。

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is varied in landscape and there exists cultural variety. Hence, marriage forms and expenses differ from place to place, and the status of women is affect- ed accordingly. By means of a historic comparison of four aboriginal ethnic groups in this region, this paper analyses the responses of women to the transformations of social struc- ture and culture, and reveals the deep-level cultural causes for the practice of marriage expenses.