摘要
以华人移民的帮群社会结构特征为切入点,对福建人建构闽帮社群的三个历史发展阶段:即以祖先崇拜文化建构恒山亭坟山组织的阶段、以神明信仰文化建构天福宫庙宇组织的阶段,以"科层化"组织为特点的现代华人社团组织阶段进行了分析研究,结果显示:在新加坡闽帮总机构百余年的发展演变中,为适应移民人口的增加和华人社会自身发展的需要,闽帮社群经历了一个制度化建构的历史过程。此一演进的过程亦是帮内凝聚与整合不断提升的过程。
This article examines the three stages in the formation and development of the Hokkien community in Singapore with a focus on the social structure features of Chinese dialect groups or Bang,including the Hengshantin Temple period characterised by its ancestral worship and cemetery association,the Thean Hock Keong Temple period featured by its local deity worship association,and the modern Chinese voluntary association period specified by its bureaucratized organisation.The author concludes by emphasizing th...
出处
《华侨华人历史研究》
CSSCI
2008年第3期70-78,共9页
Journal of Overseas Chinese History Studies
基金
泉州市社会科学研究(2007-2008年度)规划课题资助
项目批准号:2007C-YZ03
关键词
新加坡
华人社会
帮群社会
方言社群
闽帮
恒山亭
天福宫
“科层化”
Singapore
Chinese community
the Bang society
dialect groups
the Hokkien Bang
Hengshantin Temple
Tianfugong(Thean Hock Keong) Temple
Bureaucratization