改革开放以来的30年间的大众文化研究是一个与它自身形态相匹配的聚讼多多,争辩不己的场域,争辩的核心是,当代大众文化究竟是降临我们时代的恶魔,还是新世纪的福音。随着改革开放,大众文化成了打开的潘多拉的盒子,有人将之视为乾坤颠倒,群魔乱舞的秀场,也有人欢呼雀跃,身体力行,成为大众文化的骄子,流行文化的玩家,通俗文化的拥趸。何以如此?一十几年前,一家报纸的编辑约我写一篇关于大众文化的文章,我急急忙忙草就一篇 The 30 years since the reform and opening up of the mass culture research is a field with a large number of contentious and contested forms that match with its own form. The core of the debate is whether the contemporary mass culture is the evil coming to our times or the new century Gospel. With the reform and opening up, the popular culture has become an open Pandora's box. Some people regard it as a show of heaven and earth upside down and group magic fluttering. Some also cheer and act on their own to become the pride of mass culture, popular culture player and popular culture fan . Why is it? A few years ago, a newspaper editor asked me to write an article on popular culture.