Reconstruction Of. "low Class"

Mass culture is not only a cultural phenomenon, but also an important part of cultural construction with Chinese characteristics. As a cultural phenomenon, it is a vivid manifestation of the whole development of a nation or region, as an integral part of cultural construction in our country, it has special values, especially in the great development and prosperity period. However, the mass culture front has had a tradition which emphasized on practical work and underestimated theory research, so the theoretical study of mass culture has not attracted the academic attention.In this dissertation, a case study of mass culture construction in Lichuan City, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Hubei Province, making use of the ethnological theories and methods, cross-discipline knowledge, will try to do a theoretical research of mass culture, with a view to initiate academic attention to this cause, promote the theory study of it, and serve the practice of mass culture construction. After field surveys and characteristics analysis for mass culture in the Lichuan city, the dissertation will analyze the formation mechanism of it in the social transition stage, the three major structural problems for the mass culture construction and then propose a path for the development of mass culture in Lichuan city. In the end, again from the perspective of research methods, the dissertation emphasize on that the cultural construction including mass culture construction needs to let ethnology play a role, and ethnology studies should expand the application fields in the cultural construction; the dissertation also will make some proposals on the national mass culture construction.Full-dissertation will be divided into seven sections.Chapterâ… is introduction which includes the reasons and significance for the research topic, ideas and methods, related concepts defining, and innovative point of this dissertation.Chapterâ…¡is an overview of mass culture. Firstly, from the two dimensions, cultural phenomenon and cultural construction, the dissertation will analyze the concept of mass culture, the social function and cultural values of mass culture in-depth detail. Secondly, the dissertation will review the history of mass culture construction in our nation. By the analysis of this chapter, the dissertation will strive for getting a clear understanding for you about the mass culture and mass culture construction.Chapterâ…¢is about the characteristics and status quo of the mass culture construction in Lichuan city. After a introduction for the basic situation of Lichuan, through the three aspects described in detail, the public cultural service system, folk cultural forms of mass culture and the changes caused by market factors, we will get a clear understanding for the status of mass culture in Lichuan city. Basing on the analysis of the status quo, the dissertation will generalize six characteristics for the mass culture in Lichuan City:ethnic, folklore, geographical, hierarchical, marginal, pluralistic.Chapterâ…£is to analyze the formation mechanism of mass culture in Lichuan City. The dissertation will take two kinds of theoretical vision to do it. First, using the overall concept of ethnology, will examine the interaction between external factors including the ecological environment, means of livelihood, social organization, ideology, and mass culture. Second, by field theory, within the mass culture field, will analyze the competitive landscape among dominant culture, folk culture, popular culture. Through the two aspects of analysis, will summarize the formation mechanism of mass culture in Lichuan.Chapterâ…¤is to find out the problems of mass culture construction in Lichuan City. After analysis, the dissertation believes that there are three structural problems of mass culture in the current stage of social transformation in Lichuan city. First is that the reconstruction of cultural space leads to mass cultural activities continuing to decline; Second is that the segregation status among the three kinds of mass culture within the mass culture field causes a non-balanced development of the three kinds of cultural forms. Third is that mass culture services do not keep up with the demands. Chapter VI is to grope a path for mass culture construction in Lichuan city. First, we must adhere to the leadership of dominant culture; The second is to support the form of folk culture; The third is to make use of market mechanisms in the mass culture construction; The forth is to achieve the integration of cultural space, cultural content, national culture, urban and rural culture.Chapterâ…¦is two added discussions. First, from the perspective of ethnographic application, the dissertation will find out a deep relationship between the cultural construction and ethnology. The before need the after, and the after need the before as well. The dissertation also will find out the dimensions that ethnology can play a role and the modes of operation that ethnology can do in the cultural construction. Second is to give a suggestion that the our country's mass culture construction go a integrated road in the social transition, basing on county(city) domain, having a "macro-culture" view and focusing on the "small culture".