文化冷战视域中的歌舞片叙事:社区融合神话与新苏联人建构

Musical Specter in the Cultural Cold War:Myth of Integrated Community and Typical Soviet"New Man"

20世纪90年代西方学界的冷战史研究出现了文化研究的方法转向。在冷战正式开始之前,30年代和40年代美苏两国拍摄的歌舞片已然折射出两国在国家意识、社会建构和民族关系之间的巨大分歧和斗争。在叙事层面,美苏两国的歌舞片为观众构建了两种不同的乌托邦允诺:美国歌舞片叙事建构了社区融合的神话,而苏联歌舞片则建构了典型的新苏联人。分析美苏歌舞片的叙事特点及美学特质,可以洞悉美苏两国在文化场域的斗争和分歧。

In the 1990s,Western academia witnessed a cultural shift in Cold War studies.Prior to the official commencement of the Cold War,the United States and the Soviet Union produced several musical films that reflected differences in their conceptions of nation,society,and ethnicity.From the standpoint of film narratives,both American and Soviet film musicals crafted their own narratives of the"promise of utopia".American flms created a myth of integrated communities,whereas Soviet films portrayed the typical Soviet"new man".By analyzing the narrative features and aesthetics of these musical films,one can discern the disparities and conflicts between the U.S.and the Soviet Union in the realm of culture.