20世纪80年代以来中国婆媳关系的历史变迁——以北京市平谷区Y镇为例

On the Historical Changes of the Relationship between Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law Since the 1980s

婆媳关系是家庭关系的重要组成部分,20世纪80年代以来中国的婆媳关系发生了明显的变化。运用吉登斯解放政治和生活政治理论,建构家庭政治和生活政治两个框架来理解不同时期的婆媳关系。研究发现,中国婆媳关系经历了从以公平性为核心的家庭政治向以自主性为核心的生活政治的转变。当代婆媳关系具有非剧烈性、细碎性、差异性、个体性的特征,与之相对应,婆媳关系实践向角色预期合理化、角色距离常态化、角色互动策略化调整。对婆媳关系的理解,有利于深度了解家庭转型对家庭关系的影响。

The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is the key link in the family ties,and it has undergone significant historical changes since the 1980s.With the help of Giddens'theory of emancipation politics and life politics,two frameworks of family politics and life politics are constructed to understand the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in different periods.It is found that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has undergone a transition from the family politics centered on fairness to the life politics centered on autonomy.The contemporary relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has the characteristics of non-severity,fineness,difference and individuality.Correspondingly,the practice of relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is adjusted to the limited role expectation,the normalized role distance,and the strategic role interaction.The understanding of the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the new era is conducive to a deep understanding of the impact of family transformation on family relationships.