“家乡”意义的变迁:大众传媒与少数民族身份认同

Changes in the Meaning of “Hometown”:Mass Media and Minority Identity

"家乡"对于研究少数民族身份认同问题具有重要意义,"家乡"作为主观意识中构成少数民族个体人际关系网络的基础,对于少数民族个体的身份认同归属有着重要的影响力。大众传媒在"家乡"意义的变迁过程中扮演着重要的角色,对于少数民族年轻一代来说间接的信息获取,使得他们对自己身份的认同越来越受到来自大众传媒的影响。通过大众传媒表现"家乡"这一具体地理空间为身处各地的族群成员展示出一个具体的家园的图景,"家乡"成了一个非领土化的集体想象,通过对"家乡"的依恋将个体、家乡与国家联系起来,进而影响少数民族个体形成新的身份认同。

The concept of 'hometown' is significant for the study of the issue of minority identity,because'hometown'as subjective consciousness constitutes the foundation of individual interpersonal networks for ethnic minorities,which is why'hometown'has great influence on the individual identity of the members of minorities.Mass media play an important role in the evolution process of the meaning of'hometown',indirectly accessing information on the younger generation of ethnic minorities,causing them to be increasingly influenced by mass media with regards to their own identity.Through the manifestation of the concrete geographical space of'hometown'in mass media as the specific homeland of members of an ethnic group located in various regions,'hometown'has become a nonterritorial collective image;and since the attachment to one’s'hometown'connects the individual,the native place and the nation,it also influences the new identity of minority individuals.