Based on fieldwork in Yang Village in eastern Fujian province,this paper utilizes the concept of symbolic capital from Pierre Bourdieu to reflect upon Prasenjit Duara’s thesis known as “cultural nexus of power”.The...Based on fieldwork in Yang Village in eastern Fujian province,this paper utilizes the concept of symbolic capital from Pierre Bourdieu to reflect upon Prasenjit Duara’s thesis known as “cultural nexus of power”.The material under discussion is concerned with social changes at the level of grassroots societies in the Republican period.The central argument to be made is that the reproduction of symbolic capital was fundamentally redefined and transformed by misunderstanding of cultural issues on the part of local elite.展开更多
文摘Based on fieldwork in Yang Village in eastern Fujian province,this paper utilizes the concept of symbolic capital from Pierre Bourdieu to reflect upon Prasenjit Duara’s thesis known as “cultural nexus of power”.The material under discussion is concerned with social changes at the level of grassroots societies in the Republican period.The central argument to be made is that the reproduction of symbolic capital was fundamentally redefined and transformed by misunderstanding of cultural issues on the part of local elite.
