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机构地区： 不详

出　　处： 《世界民族》 2015年第6期44-50,共7页

摘　　要： 美国印第安纳州的曼西小城是林德夫妇的《中镇:美国当代文化研究》的田野调查点。《中镇》出版后,曼西成为美国社会的典型代表。但是典型性从一开始就成了中镇研究的中心问题。尤其是,当人们对美国社会的多元文化的理解成为主流时,曼西是"中镇"——一个典型的美国社区的观点很难维系下去了。但是,中镇研究的传统仍然具有价值。《中镇》的丰富性吸引了研究者和观察者一次又一次返回曼西小城,形成了大量的分析、阐释和关于一个平凡无奇的社区的经验数据,而这种丰富性仍将继续吸引着寻求理解美国的学者和新闻记者。 Muncie of Indiana was once a small city,but later became a representative of American community when chosen by Robert and Helen Lynd as the site of the social investigation that later produced Middletown：A Study in Modern American Culture.Typicality has been at the center of Middletown studies from the start.However,it has become increasingly harder for people to believe that Muncie,as a ＂Middletown＂,represents American community.But Middletown is still worth researching.Its richness has drawn researchers and observers back to the city once and again,and analyses,interpretations,and empirical data about a modest community otherwise are constantly emerging.Such richness continues to attract scholars and journalists who try to get to know America.

关 键 词： 中镇 曼西 典型性 再研究

领　　域： [社会学—民族学]