瘦腰:大众媒介、政治博弈与近代男性形体审美的变迁

Thin Waist: Mass Media,Political Activity and the Development of Male Body Aesthetic

近代对男性腰腹形态的审美体现了不断"瘦化"的趋向。圆腰大腹为传统国人眼中的男性之美。而在近代开埠以后,注重身体矫健的西方人进入中国文化视野。在民国早期的军国民运动中,多有论革新国人身体以救国之说,大腹肥硕成为贬低的对象。其后,瘦腰具有两条发展趋向:其一为时尚路线,近代引入的西方电影、健康观念和健美体育引领了都市身体审美。其二则为政治路线,在中共的革命话语中,将"肥胖"等同于富人,从而形体也具有政治的意义。

Waist is the axis of the human body.In modern China,the aesthetic about men's waist shape also reflected the constantly"thin"trend.Big belly was a kind of traditional Chinese beauty of men.After Opium War,a large number of Westerners who was more aware of physical exercise came into China.In the Army National Movement,many people wanted to save the country by the innovation of the people's body.Big abdomen became negative.Later,the discussion about thin waist had two trends.On the one hand,the introduction of modern Western films,health concepts and body-building sports led the body aesthetic fashion in China.On the other hand,in the revolutionary discourse of the CCP,"obesity"was equivalent to the rich,becoming the object of struggle,and thus the body shape also had political significance.