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Embed The "things" In The Local Society

Posted on:2018-06-01Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:G H ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2357330536988292Subject:Ethnology
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How to look at the ordinary and then reveal the back of the extraordinary is one of the important theme in anthropological research.In the field of anthropology,the study of regard things as the research object had produced fruitful achievements and almost every aspect had rich research.It mainly includes: as a sign of social progress;the principle of classification;explore the overall shape of the object;discuss the exchange value and flow of the things;symbolic representation and symbolic metaphor.Research of Gastrodia in biology,medicine,economics and other fields has a long time,but the study of Gastrodia into the field of anthropology is still blank so far.This is a big regret for the Xiongcun,which society regard Gastrodia as the most important goods.This paper takes the Xiongcun,Yiliang County,northeast Yunnan as the research object.Using fieldwork to collect information.Study the following content: the social history,life biography and cultural metaphor of Gastrodia,explore the mechanism of local groups and social operation with Gastrodia as the starting point,and describe the role of Gastrodia in village society.By exploring the coupling between the culture and the formation of Gastrodia in the specific habitat,and further reveals the local culture and social structure constructed by the social subject.This paper contains three parts: introduction,main body and conclusion.The introduction mainly includes the research paradigm of anthropology "object",the research status of Gastrodia,the origin and the research method of this paper.The main body revolves around the following: first,explore the symbolic metaphor given by the subject in the specific environment;Secondly,discusses the influence and arrangement of Gastrodia to the villagers' society on the subjective life;thirdly,study how people use the Gastrodia to definite themselves and others by recording the important role of Gastrodia in daily life;fourthly,discuss the Gastrodia,which embedded local society,in the dissemination of local social contradictions,and Gastrodia hold the integration of the main society.Conclusion: summarize the lack of predecessors,summed up the article research status,indicating the future direction of research.Explores the research of predecessors,expounds the thinking of this paper,and the future research direction.
Keywords/Search Tags:Embedding, Local society, Things, Gastrodia, Xiongcun
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