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Study On The Change Of Reciprocal Exchange Custom In Shuangfei Village

Posted on:2019-07-07Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X L YanFull Text:PDF
GTID:2405330563998448Subject:Folklore
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Reciprocal exchange has always been a hot topic in anthropology,sociology and folklore.Sociology is biased towards the study of human feelings and face problems in reciprocal exchange.Anthropology and folklore tend to study the exchange of gifts in ritual activities,and most of them take ethnic minorities as research objects.The reciprocal exchange involved in the reciprocal exchange in life,as well as the reciprocal exchange in the ritual activities,is reflected in all aspects of the rural life.The production and life of the villagers can not be separated from the reciprocal exchange.The reciprocal exchange behavior of the villagers promotes the relationship between each other and makes it more united.With the continuous changes of social environment,the reciprocal exchange of villagers is changing correspondingly.This paper,taking the reciprocal exchange of a traditional Han country in Sichuan as the research object,takes the change of reciprocal exchange folklore in the production and life of the villagers as the research focus,and combines the field investigation to explain the changes in the villagers' reciprocal exchange of folklore,and comprehensively analyzes the social environment of the reciprocal exchange and exchange.Analysis of material production,material life,life rituals and reciprocal exchanges in traditional festivals.This article mainly interprets the change of reciprocal exchange in Shuangfei village from four aspects of material production,material life,life ceremony and traditional festival.The reciprocal exchange includes three types: labor exchange,gift exchange and food sharing.Through a comprehensive investigation and study of the reciprocal exchange of folklore in the village,it is found that the change of labor exchange is mainly from a free exchange to a paid exchange.The exchange of gifts is transformed from a self-made physical exchange into a mixture of physical gifts and money gifts;food sharing has not appeared.A significant change.It can be said that the change of environment in Shuangfei village,the flow of labor force and the continuous progress of social science and technology have created the vicissitude of the custom of reciprocal exchange between Shuangfei village.Generally speaking,the change of the custom of reciprocal exchange in Shuangfei village has a certain degree of influence on villagers and villages.First,the rational choice of villagers' behavior makes money an important content of reciprocal exchange;secondly,the purchase of physical gifts is constantly replacing the homemade physical gifts in the gift exchange.The villagers pay more attention to the appearance of the gift,so that the villagers have formed the adverse effects of mutual comparison in the reciprocal exchange;finally,the gift is a gift.The change of exchange and labor exchange has diluted the emotional connection between people in reciprocal exchange and weakened the relationship between human beings.
Keywords/Search Tags:Reciprocal exchange, Reciprocal exchange custom, Social and cultural changes
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