当代中国电影身体研究述评

Review of Studies on Body in Contemporary Chinese Films

近现代西方哲学对身体的关注,是当代文化思潮中不可忽视的人文社会科学研究转向。身体社会学认为身体是被社会建构出来的,对身体的态度表征着不同的文化价值取向,身体作为一种特定的非语言符号也因此被赋予内涵丰富的人文所指意义和语意驳杂的精神文化向度。文章从当代文化思潮中的"身体转向"入手,对国外电影身体研究进行了溯源,考察了国内电影身体研究现状,指出当下研究主要聚焦在四个方面:一是对影像身体的研究,二是电影现象学视域下的身体研究,三是明星研究视野中的明星身体研究,四是以身体消费、身体欲望等为关键词的电影身体研究。其中存在着机械搬用或过度阐释西方身体理论的现象。

The attention of modem Western philosophy to body is an assignable turn of studies in humanities and social sciences amid the contemporary cultural trend of thought. Sociology of body argues that body is constructed by society, while the attitude toward body represents different cultur- al values. As a particular non-linguistic symbol, body is also endowed with rich humanistic mean- ings and mixed spiritual dimensions. The paper starts with the ＂turn of body＂ in the contemporary cultural trend, traces the source of studies on body in foreign films, examines current domestic re- search on body and points out four focuses of present research ： research on image body, research on body from the perspective of movie phenomenology, research on stars＇ body and research on body consumption and desires. There also exists the situation of mechanically copying or excessively inter- preting Western body theories.