波特夫妇华南茶山调查的追踪研究

A Follow-up Research after Mr. And Mrs. Porter’s Investigation into Tea Mountains of South China

美国人类学家波特夫妇遵循传统的人类学学理 ,以广东茶山调查为基础 ,展示了 2 0世纪 50至 80年代中期中国基层社会的演化历程与运作机制。通过对波特夫妇茶山调查的追踪 ,努力实现 1985年至 1997年间新资料的接续 ,参照耳闻目睹的实证材料 ,力图更为真切地感悟茶山社会的真情实貌 。

Applying traditional anthropologic theories, the American anthropologists Mr. and Mrs. Porter reveal the changing process of the Chinese ordinary society in the years between 1950 and the mid of 1980, which is based on the investigation of the tea mountain areas in Guangdong Province. This paper follows their research in order to make a continuous material supports from the year 1985 to 1997. Furthermore, it makes efforts to show the real society of the tea mountains and tries to response some of the theoretic problems propounded by Mr. and Mrs. Porter.