华东师范大学学报(哲学社会科学版) ›› 2022, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (1): 108-117.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2022.01.010

• 新型农民工问题研究 • 上一篇    下一篇

“爱而不亲”:留守儿童的亲子关系体验与建构

肖莉娜   

  • 接受日期:2021-12-15 出版日期:2022-01-15 发布日期:2022-01-22
  • 作者简介:肖莉娜,华东理工大学华东社会发展研究所副研究员(上海,200237)
  • 基金资助:
    国家社科基金项目“中国儿童观建构的社会学研究”(项目编号:18BSH015)

“Love without Affinity”:Left-behind Children’s Experiences and Constructions of Their Parent-child Relationship

Li-na XIAO   

  • Accepted:2021-12-15 Online:2022-01-15 Published:2022-01-22

摘要:

综合儿童的视角和结构的视角,可以对留守儿童研究中流行的问题取向叙说进行再平衡。基于在湖南乡村的田野调查,可以发现留守儿童充满矛盾的亲子关系体验,从而揭示出他们创造性建构的打工-留守情境下“爱而不亲”的亲子关系。在此基础上,可以进一步分析“爱而不亲”内在的情感张力是扎根于追求“过好日子”的家庭生活实践的,这样的生活实践既是物质性的,也是情感性的;既是被社会结构和文化所塑造,也是结构和文化变迁的推动力。

关键词: 留守儿童, 亲子关系, 儿童的视角, 能动性

Abstract:

This paper aims to reexamine the problem orientation prevailing in extant research on left-behind children from a comprehensive perspective of children and social structure. Through the analysis of the qualitative data gathered from the fieldwork in a middle school and nearby villages in Hunan Province, this paper reveals in detail the mixed feelings towards migrant parents amongst the left-behind children and their agency in constructing their parent-child relationship of “love without affinity”. Furthermore, the emotional tension in this construction is rooted in their family practices to pursue a better life, which are both material and emotional. On the one hand, such family practices are shaped by structural and cultural contexts associated with migration; on the other, they provide an impetus for structural and cultural transformation.

Key words: left-behind children, parent-child relationship, children’s perspective, initiative