Go Nation

出版者:University of California Press

作者:Marc L. Moskowitz

页数:208

出版时间:2013-9-16

价格:USD 29.95

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780520276321

具体描述

Go (Weiqi in Chinese) is one of the most popular games in East Asia, with a steadily increasing fan base around the world. Like chess, Go is a logic game but it is much older, with written records mentioning the game that date back to the 4th century BC. As Chinese politics have changed over the last two millennia, so too has the imagery of the game. In Imperial times it was seen as a tool to seek religious enlightenment and was one of the four noble arts that were a requisite to becoming a cultured gentleman. During the Cultural Revolution it was a stigmatized emblem of the lasting effects of feudalism. Today, it marks the reemergence of cultured gentlemen as an idealized model of manhood. Marc L. Moskowitz explores the fascinating history of the game, as well as providing a vivid snapshot of Chinese Go players today. Go Nation uses this game to come to a better understanding of Chinese masculinity, nationalism, and class, as the PRC reconfigures its history and traditions to meet the future.

作者简介

Marc L. Moskowitz is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Carolina. He is the author of several books, including Cries of Joys, Songs of Sorrow: Chinese Pop Music and Its Cultural Connotations.

目录信息

Preface
Fieldwork
Notes on Terminology
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Introduction
The Game of Weiqi
New Technologies
The Ranking System
Gender Coding and the Naturalization of Difference
Weiqi Women
Ambiguous Identities and Taiwan’s Women’s Team
Constructing Masculinities and the Weiqi Sphere
Chapter 2. Multiple Metaphors and Mystical Imaginaries: A Cultural History of Weiqi
The Rules
Weiqi in Comparison with Chess
Religious Mysticism and Historical Teleologies
From Stigma to Status
Weiqi’s War Imagery
Chapter 3. Nation, Race, and Man
The Scholar and the Warrior
Chinese Masculinities: Individual Formation and Nationalist Discourses
Anti-Japanese Sentiments as Nation Building
Japan’s Weiqi Legacy
Mastering East Asia: National Rivalries and International Competitions
Conceptualizing Nations, Rethinking Play
An Unexpected Nostalgia for the Japanese Era
Chapter 4. Becoming Men: Children’s Training in Contemporary China
Weiqi Teachers and the Confucian Ideal
Modernizing Influences—Weiqi Schools as Corporate Structures
The Students
Weiqi as a Disciplinary Mechanism
Weiqi as Sport—Beyond the Cartesian Divide
Disciplining Parents
Chapter 5. A Certain Man: University Students, Amateurs, and Professionals
Class Consciousness and Relentless Competition
Suzhi
Weiqi’s Suzhi Discourse
The Peking University Weiqi Team, Ranks, and the Amateur/Professional Divide
Professional Training
Facing the Future
Chapter 6. Retirement and Constructions of Masculinity Among Working Class Weiqi Players
First Contact
Retirement
Park Culture
Kibitzing as a Social Ideal
Lived Histories
Masculinity Among the Working Class at the Park
Chapter 7. Conclusion: Looking Forward to a Bygone Age
Glossary of Terms
Citations
Index
· · · · · · (收起)

用户评价

坦白讲，这本书的结构设计是我近年来读到过的最别出心裁的一个。它打破了传统的起承转合模式，更像是一系列相互关联但又各自独立的短篇故事集合，它们最终通过某种看不见的丝线紧密地联系在一起。这种碎片化的叙事结构，考验着读者的耐心和专注力，但一旦你适应了它的节奏，便会发现它极大地增强了故事的整体张力。它迫使我们主动去构建意义，而不是被动地接受作者喂给我们的信息。我注意到，书中关于“记忆的不可靠性”这一主题被反复探讨，每一次对同一事件的回溯，都带有新的光影和侧重点，这使得整个阅读过程充满了发现和再发现的乐趣。它不仅仅是一个故事，更像是一个迷宫，每次深入，都有新的出口出现。

这本书的叙事节奏简直像一首精心编排的交响乐，每一个章节的推进都恰到好处，既有引人入胜的悬念，又不乏情感的细腻铺陈。作者在描绘人物内心世界的复杂性上展现出了惊人的功力，你几乎能感受到他们每一次犹豫、每一次挣扎的重量。我特别欣赏其中对时代背景的刻画，那种厚重感和历史的烟云透过文字扑面而来，让人仿佛置身于那个特定的时空，与书中的角色同呼吸共命运。特别是对于一些关键转折点的处理，那种深思熟虑后的爆发力，着实令人拍案叫绝。我读完之后，脑海中久久不能散去的是那些鲜活的形象和那些富有哲理的对白，它们不仅仅是故事的组成部分，更像是对人生诸多困境的深刻反思。这本书的阅读体验是酣畅淋漓的，它没有刻意去迎合大众的口味，而是坚持了自己的艺术追求，这份真诚和勇气，在当下的出版环境中显得尤为珍贵。

这本书的语言风格非常具有个人特色，我很难用简单的“优美”或“朴实”来概括。它带着一种近乎冷峻的清晰度，将角色的处境和情感剥离得非常彻底，很少有冗余的抒情。这种克制的表达方式，反而产生了强大的情感穿透力。特别是当角色面临重大抉择时，作者只是冷静地陈述事实和行动，但读者却能清晰地感受到其内心世界的波涛汹涌。这种“少即是多”的写作策略，在塑造书中那些坚韧、沉默的人物群像时，效果尤其显著。我尤其欣赏作者如何巧妙地运用环境描写来烘托人物的孤独感，那种广阔而空旷的背景，与个体在其中挣扎的渺小形成了强烈的对比，极具视觉冲击力。

老实说，我对这本书的期待值本来是比较高的，毕竟名字听起来就很有气势。然而，阅读过程中的感受却是充满了惊喜与出乎意料的平和。它没有那种宏大叙事下的咄咄逼人，反而像一位老友在午后慢悠悠地与你分享一段经历。作者的文字功底毋庸置疑，遣词造句极为考究，许多描述性的文字，读起来简直像是在欣赏一幅精美的油画，色彩饱满，层次分明。但最让我触动的是其对“日常”的捕捉，那些看似微不足道的细节，被赋予了特殊的意义，让整个故事的肌理变得异常丰富和真实。它提醒着我们，真正的史诗往往潜藏在最平凡的生活片段之中。我不是一个容易被感动的人，但这本书中对于人性中闪光点与幽暗面的平衡展现，的确触及了我内心深处。

初翻开这本书时，我以为会是一部节奏飞快的、充满动作场面的作品，毕竟书名带给人一种强烈的冲击感。但实际读下来，我发现它更像是一部内省式的探险，一场精神层面的漫游。作者似乎对人类集体无意识的探索有着极大的兴趣，书中很多情节的逻辑似乎并非完全遵循现实的线性时间，而更像是一种梦境的叠加和回响。这种非线性的叙事方式初期可能会让一些读者感到困惑，但我认为这是作者刻意为之，用以营造一种疏离而又迷离的氛围。对于喜欢深挖文本底层意涵的读者来说，这本书提供了大量的解读空间，每一个符号、每一个反复出现的意象，都值得反复琢磨。它不是一本能让你一口气读完就放下，而是需要你时不时停下来，整理思绪，消化那些扑面而来的隐喻。

部分读过，有趣。

部分读过，有趣。

部分读过，有趣。

部分读过，有趣。

部分读过，有趣。