东南亚华人的人类学研究:以区域及主题为分析焦点

Anthropological studies of Southeast Asian Chinese: A retrospective account in respect to areas and topics

本文的重点在于概述启始于上个世纪中期的人类学东南亚华人研究以及学者在不同时期偏重的各个方向。笔者并不企图在本文中完整、详细地讨论人类学者的东南亚华人研究成果 ,而是希望从不同地区及研究主题两个方面 ,概述半个世纪以来人类学者的东南亚华人研究重心、重要的转折以及新近的研究方向。

This paper presents a summary of anthropological studies of Southeast Asian Chinese since the mid 20th century, and gives an account of the major topics anthropologists have been concerned with over the period. However, this paper does not purport to give a comprehensive review of the achievements of anthropological studies of Southeast Asian Chinese. It hopes to offer a survey of the main topics, the key turning points, and the recent foci of anthropological studies of Southeast Asian Chinese, in respect to different areas and subject matters.