社会性别视角下美国媒体中的中国女性形象

The Image of Chinese Women in American Media from Gender Perspective

中国女性形象是中国国家形象的重要组成部分,研究国外媒体如何再现中国女性、呈现怎样的中国女性形象十分必要。运用量化与质性研究相结合的方法,选取具有代表性的美国媒体《华盛顿邮报》,对其关于中国女性的报道进行内容和文本分析。研究发现,该报对中国女性的报道表现出数量少、偏负面、边缘化、充满刻板印象和受其国家意识形态影响的特点;从社会性别视角对文本的分析表明,该报所报道的中国女性形象表现为私人领域的主角、定型的社会性别角色、男权文化的受虐者以及失去自由的受害者。

As the image of Chinese women is an important component of China’s national image, it’s essential to conduct a research on how foreign media present the image of Chinese females and what kinds of image they are covered in foreign report. Taking The Washington Post as an example, the thesis makes an analysis of foreign media’s report of Chinese women through the quantitative and qualitative methodologies. It finds that the newspaper’s coverage of Chinese women has been featured with smaller number of reports, negative, marginalized and stereotyped presentation, and ideological influences. The analysis of the discourse from the gender perspective shows that the image of Chinese women covered by The Washington Post can be summarized as the following: the protagonist of private sphere, stereotypical gender role, the prey to patriarchy and the victim without freedom.