The Effect Of Square Dancing On Participants' Social Solidarity In Shanghai

Since the advent of square dance,the passion is increasing year by year.Its popularity has spread from the city to the countryside.There are more and more people participating in the square dance,at the same time,the controversy caused by the square dance has not stopped.The significance of this paper lies in: through the research on the solidarity of square dance to the participants,it shows the positive side of square dance to the people who have negative impression on square dance,and explains the current essential reason why square dance can be based on the promotion of harmonious life and harmonious society.So that people who misunderstand square dance can have a more objective view of square dance and its participants,which has a positive role in promoting social solidarity.This study takes the middle-aged and elderly square dance team of Xinnan Housing Committee as the research object,using the methods of interview,content analysis and observation to study the influence of square dance on the unity of its participants.Based on the social solidarity in Durkheim's theory of social division of labor,interpersonal interaction as an independent variable,square dance as a way of interpersonal interaction,and solidarity as a dependent variable,this paper analyzes the relationship from three dimensions,between individuals,between individuals and groups,and between groups.The influence of these three dimensions is obtained.Firstly,the study starts from the influence of connections between individuals and individuals.When individuals participate in square dance,they will interact with various dancers.They have different personalities and ages.Despite these differences,they are not alienated from each other because of their differences.On the contrary,they have different personalities and complementary actions so that they are more closely related.They also enable the older people to absorb each other's advantages and make them appreciate each other,thus bridging the generation gap.Second,it is from the influence of the connection between individuals and groups,square dance can produce a sense of collective belonging to the participants.A large part of the old people who participate in square dance are retired.After retirement,life is relatively leisure.Square dance activities make these people regain their interest and love for something,so that it produces a sense of dependence,furtherly leads to attachment and belonging to the team.In addition,for the new residents in the area,participating in local square dance is also a very good opportunity for community integration.Square dance existing as a group form pays attention to collective consciousness and individual participants' integration consciousness.This kind of organic solidarity based on mutual emotional exchanges,integrated into the sense of group dependence and cooperation of community residents,to a certain extent,more effective,more profound and more completely accomplishes the community integration,and promotes social solidarity.Thirdly,from the perspective of the influence of the association between groups,no group can monopolize a person.The multiple identities of individuals make some seemingly unrelated groups have common members to some extent.Dancers who also participate in square dance will discuss the activities of other groups,thus promoting communication and unity among different groups.In addition,the square dance team will carry out mutually beneficial cooperation with other groups,and get what they need through cooperation.Inter-group cooperation not only promotes the unity of their own groups,but also promotes social unity through inter-group cooperation.