一个蜂窝的诞生——西宁城东二手车商帮的人类学研究

The Birth of a Honeycomb——An Anthropological Study of Trader Groups in Eastern Xining's Second-hand Car Market

本文通过对西宁市城东二手车市场的田野调查,指出当地存在着以特殊商人群体为主体、带有非正式利益集团特点的商帮,阐述了该市场兴起的过程与随之兴起的特殊商人群体的特点与原因,认为该商帮是一种典型的通过人群的共同信仰与生活习惯,在外力作用下自我组合而形成的非正式的社会组织。

According to the fieldwork carried out in a second-hand car market in the east of Xining City,this paper argues that the Muslim trader groups are informal interest groups who are composed mainly of Muslims,and describes the process and reasons for the rise of the market as well as the characteristics of the Muslim trader groups.It is pointed out that the Muslim trader group is a kind of typical informal social organization,formed by external forces on the basis of people＇s common belief and habit.