Re: those lonely mothers: How did the square dance mother grow up?
in social logic to understand the plight of the square dance, we must first return to the natural property of the square dance, and then answer "how is the noise of the difficult square dance made?" The reason is very simple. The noise of square dance has become a social problem and even a "public nuisance", which is undoubtedly related to the natural attribute of square dance. If we are divorced from the natural attributes of the square dance, it is very likely that we can get back to the mechanical logic of the square dance only from the results. From the form of square dance, it is a new form of leisure fitness formed by the combination of some dance elements on the basis of group gymnastic, so it has both the dual properties of group gymnastics and dance. It is the mutual reinforcement of some elements in this dual attribute that leads to the widespread dissemination of square dance and the original power that is difficult to govern.
but the form of square dance has an internal logical connection with its governance dilemma. The square dance continues the organizational form of the group gymnastics, that is, by the scale effect of the group and the unity of the action, to highlight the overall desalination of the individual way to create a shocking visual effect. In short, group calisthenics shows a large scale effect in pursuit of larger scale, more unified movements and stronger sense of entirety. The organization of the "big scenes" is supplemented by beautiful rhythms and dynamic rhythms, making square dance not less than the impact of group calisthenics. To participate in the "Chinese mother", scale and unity to complement each other, highlight the overall desalination of the "big scene" produced a unique magic, as long as participating in which can experience the body's sound and psychological pleasure. This experience, in turn, will strengthen the sense of "big scenes" of the "square dance aunt". As a result, more and more "Chinese mother" was brought in, more and more unified square dance equipment was equipped spontaneously, and more and more intense participation was aroused.
at the same time, square dance is also a group form of dance. There are two significant differences between dance and general exercise. First of all, fitness activities do not necessarily require music assistance, but most dance requires the coordination of sound effects such as melody and rhythm. Secondly, fitness is mainly a kind of activity limited to the body, the meaning is more single; and the meaning of the dance is more abundant, in addition to the shape of the body, it also has a kind of expression. Therefore, when we re facing the plight of the square dance, we can not forget the sound and expressive needs of the square dance as a form of dance. It is square dance as a form of dance that has unique sound effect characteristics and expression needs, making it beyond the general sense of leisure fitness activities.
there is no doubt that sound feature is the physical root of noise nuisance and its dilemma in square dance. However, in the community disputes caused by the square dance, the physical sound effects of the square dance are two different experiences for the two parties to the dispute: one side is an unparalleled physical and mental experience; one is the unbearable noise. The beautiful square dance dance became an unbearable "noise", which is obviously not related to the form of square dance "big scenes". Concretely speaking, the organization mode of "big scene" mainly transforms the beautiful melody and the kinetic rhythm of the square dance music into a "noise" from two aspects and push it to a difficult situation to govern. First of all, in the "big scene" organization, the scale effect of square dance needs a higher physical sound effect to cooperate, otherwise it is not enough to reflect the square dance of the "Scene". Therefore, the larger the square dance, the higher the decibel of the dance. Secondly, the uniformity and integrity of square dance require repeated drills of participants. Finally, the dance of square dance became a high decibel monotonous repetition in the form of "big scenes".
the expression of square dance is not an individualized expression in the "big scene", marked by scale, unity and holistic sense. Usually, the emotion expressed in the dance art is diversified, the individual level of grief and joy and the collective level of family state can form the theme of dance art. However, although there are many kinds of square dance, the theme of the dance is relatively simple, and it is basically a positive spirit with high, passionate and cheerful dance music and action arrangement. Therefore, this group expression or formal expression of square dance requires square dance participants to have some common psychological characteristics as support. Otherwise, the theme of monotonous square dance will be difficult to maintain its "big scenes" organization form, nor can it achieve rapid and extensive dissemination. In a sense, it is because of the common psychological characteristics that "Chinese mother" is likely to be in the "big scene" in the organization of the organization of the centralized, group and formal expression.
interestingly, the fitness needs, as the most essential component of the square dance, and the most original participation motivation, have no causality associated with the noise of the square dance. Not only does exercise do not necessarily produce noise, but fitness needs do not affect the sound effects and expressive needs of square dance. In short, the noise problem of square dance is not related to the fitness needs of participants. This means that it is logically problematic to discuss and solve the problem of noise control in square dance from the perspective of fitness needs. For example, from the perspective of the legitimacy of the "square dance mother" fitness demand, the community residents' understanding and understanding are required, and then a relatively mild noise nuisance is temporarily maintained in a compromise way. However, the self strengthening mechanism of square dance will soon bring it back to its original level. For example, the noise of square dance is understood as a structural contradiction between the needs of fitness and the supply of places, so that the noise of square dance is wrongly attributable to a development dilemma. There is no doubt that this will inevitably lead to delay and blame for noise control in square dance.
the psychological composition of the square dance aunt
as mentioned earlier, the noise problem of the square dance and its harnessing dilemma are the product of the combination of the specific form of leisure fitness and the specific social action subject, so "back to the social logic" not only requires us to "return to the natural nature of the square dance", but also require "return to the square dance" The social composition and common psychological characteristics of the participants in the square dance are important not only to understand the possibility of the "group expression and formal expression of the square dance", but also to the question of "who and who will push the noise of the square dance to a state of untreatable state".
the participants of the square dance are called "Chinese mother" or "square dance mother" in many media images, which are used to refer to older women who have retired or are about to retire. Although the number of participants in the square dance is very large, not all the middle-aged and old women in the city have joined the square dance team. So, what kind of urban middle-aged women constitute the main body of the square dance? This is a social fact that needs to be taken seriously and logically cleared. Otherwise, it is difficult for us to really understand many issues about the noise of square dance. We may present their social composition from two levels, and then understand their common psychological characteristics and their demands for group expression.
the first level is the micro occupational situation and family life. From the professional perspective, the "square dance aunt" mainly includes retired urban women who are not retired but are about to retire. Among the two groups, it is easy to understand that the retired city women become the main body of "square dance", and those who are not retiring but are going to retire to the "square dance mother" appear to be quite strange. The author's in-depth observation found that the unretired but retiring "square dance mother" has an important feature, that is, because of various reasons, they have lost the space of development in the career advancement system or have lost the motive force of development subjectively. In short, the "square dance mother", which has not yet withdrawn from the professional life, is actually a part of the group that has or is about to go to the edge of the career advancement system. In short, from the professional situation, the "square dance aunt" has either withdrawn from the professional system or the career prospects are rather dim.
look at the family life of "square dance aunt". The urban women who joined the "square dance aunt" usually experienced some significant changes in their family life. The first is the separation of intergenerational relations, which mainly shows that children have entered adulthood and independent life mode, and the intergenerational relations between mothers and children are beginning to separate from each other in the aspects of living space, emotional attachment, cultural concept and life style. In a sense, "children grow up" is one of the most important prerequisites for the middle-aged and elderly women to join the "square dance aunt" in those cities. Secondly, the daily expectations and concerns between husband and wife began to decrease. The relationship between husband and wife in modern urban families, after entering the middle age, generally shows the trend of daily expectations and concerns (which does not mean emotional alienation), so that both sides can more autonomously arrange their daily life. But daily expectations and concerns are different for men and women. For men, this change means more relaxed behavior space, while for middle-aged women, it means a loss of importance. Whether it is the separation of intergenerational relations in family life, or the decrease of daily expectations and concerns between husband and wife, it is undoubtedly a psychological double loss for the middle-aged and elderly women who pay more attention to family life and pay their whole youth. The second level of
is the structural change of individual life course. In spite of the inability to give an accurate age standard for the "square dance mother", but the basic characteristics of his career and family life are integrated, and according to the retirement age of 55 years old, the main body of "square dance mother" should be a city woman who entered the office before the mid 80s of the last century. That is to say, "square dance mother" basically completed school education before the mid - 80s of last century, then entered a career, and had retired in the last few years of the square dance or was in the late retirement career. From the perspective of the life span, the "square dance aunt" has undergone the most dramatic transformation and social transformation in contemporary China.
the completion of school education before the middle of the 80s of last century means that the "square dance mother" has spent their growth stage in the era of collectivization or collectivization in China, and its basic personality molding is also basically stereotyped in this process. From the point of view of the development of the mind and the formation of personality, the first five stages of Erickson's psychological development (infancy, early childhood, early school, school age, and puberty) are accomplished in this process. Individuals across adolescence have been able to overcome the confusion of the roles and achieve a stable self identity, and cultivate loyalty. Social quality. Obviously, the "square dance mother" growing up in the collectivization cultural atmosphere has brought the unique collectivization personality of this generation into its professional life. This collectivization personality is characterized by the value ethics of collectivism, self suppression of individualized orientation, a beautiful vision of intimacy, enthusiastic participation in group life, and unselfish sharing of collective achievements.
, however, when the "square dancer" in the young age comes into the professional life with a collective personality, it catch-up to the process of "collectivization" driven by the market-oriented reform. The disintegration of the urban unit system is the most profound "collectivization" process since the mid 80s of the last century. With the stripping of social welfare such as medical, old-age, housing and employment, the unit has no longer served as a habitat and constraint system for collectivization personality. The tension of market competition, the disintegration of the unit system and the flow of "collectivization" brought about by the "free flow of resources and free flowing space", and so on, quickly push Chinese society into an individualized society with the basic characteristics of mutual alienation. They have not yet been able to release the power of the collective personality, and they put all the collective mirrors of social production to the shelf, and have to face a "self centred time of mutual examination, mutual comparison and apathy." It can be said that the cracks of collectivization personality and individualized society constitute the deep cultural crisis of the "square dance aunt". However, the collective personality of this generation is suppressed and concealed by the huge social pressures (such as housing, medical, occupational development, children's education and employment problems, such as the welfare of the unit supplied by the original system) produced by the market-oriented reform. Therefore, the anxiety and confusion caused by the cultural crisis are not outstanding.
but, when the "square dance mother" has a huge contrast of collectivization and individualized society, withdrawing from or withdrawing from the professional field full of interpersonal tension, the external pressure to suppress and cover the collective personality has been widely relieved, and the collective personality that is in a state of inhibition has been freed freely. The unprecedented opportunity. At this time, the anxiety caused by the natural appeal of collective personality to the group relationship and the loneliness of the individualized society began to occupy the unconscious motivation of "square dance mother". According to Wang Qianni's observation, many women who take part in square dance can be called the first generation of lonely mothers in Chinese history. To a certain extent, the many consequences and issues arising from the square dance are related to the collective personality and loneliness, anxiety and unconscious motivation in the real life of the "square dance mother".
previous analysis shows that the "square dance aunt" is made up of middle-aged and elderly women who have three experiences at the same time. From the individual level of professional situation, "square dance mother" is mainly the middle-aged and elderly women who have quit or are going to withdraw from the professional field. Their common psychological characteristics are a sense of loss caused by the disintegration of occupational system or career prospects. From the individual family life, "square dance mother" is mainly the separation of intergenerational relations and the decrease of the daily expectations between husband and wife. Their common psychological characteristics are the loneliness of the change of family relations. From the social level, a profound structural change has been experienced in the life course of the "square dance mother". The market-oriented reform has made the unique collective personality of their generation suppressed by the individualized society for a long time, until they are free to release free space when they quit or are about to withdraw from their professional life. Their common psychological characteristics are the deep anxiety generated by the contrast between collective personality and individualized society.
the eternal loneliness of the city
based on the career situation, the changes in family life and the structural changes of the life course, "square dance mother" irrevocably lost the way they cherished the "common existence". Objectively speaking, their dual "encounter" at the personal level and social level is a social fact that no one can escape and have no alternative. Therefore, the "square dance mother" generally shows a paradoxical attitude to the way they lose "common existence": on the one hand, it is unusually lost and lonely, and it is full of desire to show the anxiety of real life. However, the desire of "square dance mother" to "common existence" has not risen to the level of "rational discourse" and the level of "speak out". It is more in the level of "practical consciousness". That is to say, the desire of "square dance mother" to "common existence" does not represent a kind of discourse, but a desire expressed through the body or action. In this sense, they choose and be obsessed with a particular form of leisure exercise such as square dance, obviously not only because the square dance can satisfy the needs of its fitness, but because the organization form of "big scene" in the square dance provides them a way of expression and possibility.
that is to say, the most important meaning of square dance to "square dance mother" is not to meet the physical fitness needs, but to satisfy a deeper psychological need. This satisfaction is achieved by matching the psychological needs of square dancer in the form of square dance. That is, the square dance to highlight the size, unity and holistic sense of the "big scene" organization satisfies the collective personality of "square dance mother" and the desire for "common existence". In the process of participating in the square dance, as the physical sound of the square dance is magnified by the form of "big scene", the desire of "square dance mother" to vent and express is also amplified synchronously, thus realizing the mutual excitement of the expression of desire and the form of "big scene", and producing a kind of group excitement. "Square dance mother" is in a strong contrast with real life experience, expressing their thirst for "common existence" through a sound physical and mental experience. In this sense, the square dance has transcended its natural attributes and its main body, becoming an era metaphor, that is, the lack of common sense among individuals in the era of individualization and the yearning for group excitement. In the increasingly alienated individualized society, the excitement of the square dance has fully exposed the great gap between the individual and the society, and exposes the symptoms of a market and modernity.
"square dance mother" in the "big scene" in the organizational form of the expression of mass excitement in the process, also accidentally constructed a true "common existence" way. The group excitement brought by the square dance has acted as a psychological filling mechanism in the era of individualization. It not only makes "square dance mother" fully express their strong desire for "common existence", but also makes them experience and acquire a kind of "common existence" alternative. In this sense, the square dance was brought from the community to the station, the airport, the wharf, the train carriage, the tourist attractions and even the world, and the physical sound of the square dance was also amplified into a kind of unbearable noise in the mass excitement of the square dance mother, which was widely resisted. However, any intervention in the square dance means restricting the desire to express the "square dance mother", reducing the fun of their experience and destroying the group excitement they desire, and they will inevitably try to maintain the form of their expression and the space of the group excitement. The self maintenance of the "square dance aunt" and the spontaneous boycott of the community residents constitute the basic contradiction of a pair of square dance issues. In recent years, the problems arising from square dance and the difficulties in governance have all been closely related to the two-way movement of self maintenance and spontaneous boycott.
at this point, the two basic points of understanding the dilemma of square dance governance and the social encounter (i.e. stigma and vicious resistance) of square dance have emerged. First, the organizational form of the square dance "big scene" strengthens and amplifies its physical sound effects; two is the desire for "common existence" behind the common psychological characteristics of "square dance mother" and its expressive demand. In fact, the above two points are also the two focal points for stepping out of the dilemma of square dance management. The specific choice of governance should be mainly from two aspects. Firstly, in view of the self strengthening effect of the physical sound effect of square dance, it is necessary to construct an external restraining mechanism of "voice control", that is, the government provides the sound effect facilities of square dance by the government, and the government controls the sound effect of the square dance through specific technical means. Right, unified control of the sound intensity of square dance. Second, in view of the psychological and expressive needs of "square dance mother" and the desire for "common existence", it is necessary for the urban community construction to pay more attention to the "relationship" dimension of the community (i.e., the dimension of "society" rather than "the area"), to build more community commonality and provide more "common existence". The way of "alternative choice" can achieve pluralistic "common existence" in the increasingly estranged individualization era. On the whole, the Governance Dilemma of walking out of the square dance must be based on the mechanism and social foundation of the noise disturbing people in the square dance, and can not rely on the simple thinking and traditional intervention measures. Otherwise, it may lead to the negative psychological state and the escalation of the negative mental state and contradiction in the repetition of "intervention relief recovery re intervention". The plight of the governance of the square dance.