凤凰男和孔雀女的历史回顾福柯的权力观.docVIP

When Phoenix Men Meet Peacock Women A Historical Analysis from Foucaldian Perspective Introduction This paper includes four parts. The first part introduces the definition of “phoenix man” and “peacock woman”, how they became an emerging phenomenon and inspired heated public discussion. The second part, literature review, reports existing limited number of research on this topic, which highlight sociology perspective; then cultural and communication perspectives are added as complement to the previous research: The cultural perspective discusses micro-culture theory, Kuo-shu Yang’s individual traditionality and modernity theory, and intercultural marriage. The communication perspective brings in Foucaldian critical approach, which is the threadline of the later parts. In the third part, a comparison is made between history and present, both interpreted by Foucaldian power: marriage of convenience during the 1960s and 1970s, which represent the prototype of modern “phoenix man” and “peacock woman”; and how modern “phoenix man” and “peacock woman” became popular in media and how their images are shaped. The last part concludes that “power” is the determinant of modern “phoenix man” and “peacock woman” phenomenon, since it brought in the census registration, which led to large scale of social mobility and upcoming binary opposition between urban and rural populations. Part 1. “Phoenix Man” “Peacock Woman” as an Emerging Phenomenon According to Baidu encyclopedia, the term “phoenix man” was first derived from Yuanyuan Tune (《圆圆曲》) written by Wu Weiye (吴伟业), a poet at the transitional period of Ming and Qing dynasty. The original sentence described the triumph of Chen Yuanyuan when he returned to his hometown with big title and high status(“旧巢共是衔泥燕,飞上枝头变凤凰”). Later this phrase became widely used in idioms such as “a golden phoenix flying from countryside” (“山沟里飞出个金凤凰”), refering to those who have risen from a humble background. The modern version “phoenix man”(凤凰男),