传统节日节物的性别修辞与符号指述关系研究——以"端午索"为例

中国传统节日节物是节日文化的物质载体,也是人类"意义生产"的特殊载体.节俗活动和节物也可看成主体的一种"言说"行为,具有一定的修辞功能.端午节历史上一个重要节物--"端午索"就极具性别修辞意义和符号指述关系.社会生产和分工是端午索确立女性修辞的技术基础和物质前提.端午索的修辞意义及其指述关系大致可分为夫妻指向的符号意义和母子关系的符号意义.这两种修辞意义及其指述关系既存在共同点,又具有差异性.深入研究包括端午索在内的众多传统节日节物的性别修辞与符号指述关系,对当今继承和发扬传统节日文化具有十分重要的现实意义.     

侗族传统节日对儿童社会化的影响

侗族人在其发展的过程中,创造了他们的传统节日。这些传统节日具有鲜明的特点,凝聚了侗族人独有的文化情感、价值观念,表现了其独特的生活方式。儿童在节日的活动中,通过学习、模仿,潜移默化地掌握了本民族的、基本的文化知识、行为习惯和价值观念,从而实现了个体的初步社会化。     

元丽民俗文化研究——以《老乞大》为例

《老乞大》作为语言学研究的珍贵资料，一直受到学者的关注，成果也很丰富。但《老乞大》还记录了当时社会的饮食习惯、衣着服饰、传统习俗等方面的情况，对研究元丽的民俗文化具有重要作用。文章从民俗文化的角度，来探讨一下《老乞大》中所反映的当时中韩两国之间的民俗事象及其差异所在。     

民俗事象的实物词语化及词语的无标记性论析

民俗区域社会群体文化水平的低下与生存、发展理念多样化的矛盾,使民俗事象的实物词语化成为必要;地理位置、气候条件、地方物产等现实条件和社会群体的认知关联性又使之成为可能。此种倾向有其认知心理动因,表现为"趋向"式和"避让"式;当下城镇年轻知识型群体中出现的个别民俗事象里,看似有标记的词语其实是深层次上的无标记。     

大学生继承我国传统节日文化与吸收西方节日文化的思考

调查分析发现：大学生普遍喜欢我国传统节日,对传统节日习俗了解不够全面,对传统节日文化内涵理解深浅不一,部分学生青睐西方节日;传统节日文化缺乏转化大学生情感的条件和环境,传统节日文化的德育功能表现乏力。营造对大学生进行传统节日文化教育的环境,重视中西方节日文化的交融,加强传统节日文化网络建设是继承和弘扬我国传统节日文化的重要途径。     

Beyond the literary veil – Women writing Africa: The northern region (2009)

Abstract

Whenever African literature is discussed there is an articulated incorrect assumption that this relates to all the regions of Africa, except North Africa. A related further assumption is that only men in North Africa write. Female writers from the North barely receive critical attention, although they have been writing creative works. The aim of this article is to dispel the notion of literary drought when describing North Africa. Using the text, Women writing Africa: The northern region, the article demonstrates the different sensibilities that female authors in North Africa have created and manifest, when writing against patriarchy as well as against ideological philistinism within their communities. It is argued that female authors from North Africa – African-Arab women – are versatile in their imaginations as they engage with social reality from the perspective of creative art as well as political discourse. The article concludes that this assertion removes the literary veil so that North African female authors can begin to be appreciated artistically, more than has been the situation up to now.     

"中国民间故事类型索引"研究的批评与反思

梳理20世纪中国民间故事类型索引编纂和研究的脉络,对四位影响较大的学者和三部类型索引著作的贡献与不足进行重点评述,其目的是期望21世纪将要编纂的第四部中国民间故事类型索引成为一部分类合理,资料甄别准确,学术用语科学化、规范化,既有民族特色又与国际接轨的索引体系著作。     

'Adorned with the Mix of Faith and Profanity that Intoxicates the People': The Festival of the Senhor do Bonfim in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 1930–19541

This essay looks at a formative period in the history of the festival of the Senhor do Bonfim, one of Salvador's most important religious festivals. The essay focuses on the public ritual washing of the Church of Bonfim and the tensions between the Catholic Church, who periodically banned the washing from the larger festival, and a variety of historical actors including politicians, journalists, authors and working-class Salvadorans whose efforts eventually contributed to the lifting of the prohibition once and for all in 1953. The author suggests that the defence of the washing both reflected and contributed to a larger hegemonic process taking place in Salvador after 1930, as actors within Salvador's dominant class accepted and even praised Afro-Bahian cultural practices, including them as integral parts of a larger Bahian identity.     

Mayahood Through Beauty: Indian Beauty Pageants in Guatemala

The election of a Ra'bin Ajaw constitutes the climax of the National Folklore Festival ( Festival Folklórico Nacional ), which since 1969 has taken place in Cobán during the last week of July. All participants are Maya Indians and must wear the traditional folk costume of their native township. The intention of this and other Indian pageants has been to preserve and reinvigorate traditional forms of cultural expression. Different from Ladina beauty queens, Indian queens are elected not so much on the basis of their looks as on their aptitude for representing cultural 'authenticity'. However, as the notion of the authentic relates to how cultural identities are constructed in the present, the beauty pageant has increasingly been troubled by a tension between a traditional folklorist type of orientation and a more recent and politicised Mayanist one. Indeed, the Indian pageants, originally formed within a folklorist paradigm, have become important arenas for the communication of Maya consciousness and identity.     

Infected by Arts Festivals: Festival Policy and Audience Experiences in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area

In current policy debates, cities are often seen as “experience machines” in which the quantity and variety of experience possibilities are vital. The Finnish capital, Helsinki, has chosen arts festivals and other events as tools to achieve this aim. This article focuses on the way in which Helsinki's festival policy has developed and analyzes the response of metropolitan residents to the proliferation of arts festivals. The article highlights the importance of artistic quality as something both cultural policy-makers and arts audiences are looking for. Artistic excellence can thus be seen as a major contributor to the success of festivals.