摘要:With the initiation of the reform and opening-up policy , Chi-nese society witnessed unprecedented social transformation .The whole society was restructured by the enormous energy unleashed in this process during the 1980 s.In order to map the new social reality , numerous theoretical para-digms formulated in the Western world thronged into this newly-opening coun-try.As a theoretical discourse originated from both the Birmingham School in England and the Frankfurt School in Germany , Cultural Studies ( CS) was al-so introduced into China during this period of time .Within about thirty years , it has grown into a quite visible theoretical discourse in Chinese academia .Its unparalleled success can be attributed to the following two factors:on the one hand , because of the prosperity of economy , the formation of Chinese civil so-ciety and the awakened subjectivity of the people , popular culture began to thrive in the so-called“New Era”.The prosperity of CS was facilitated by the rapid development of modern means of communication and its prosperity should be interpreted from a theoretical perspective;on the other hand , given its interdisciplinarity , political stance as well as its social relevance , CS not only helps the intellectuals understand various cultural forms in a more com-prehensive way , but also offers them a way to engage in the social realities . However , only when we have fully understood the peculiarities of the living conditions of the people , the social milieu and the intellectual background as well as the interactions between these factors all through these years , can we really understand the development , mechanism and ideological function of CS in China .Through problematizing , contextualizing and historicizing the “trav-eling” of CS in China , this article not only undertakes to evaluate the current situation of popular culture and CS in China , it will also explore issues like the ideology of popular culture , the periodization and future development of CS in China .%隨著改革開放進程的開啟,中國社會在1980年代開始出現重大的歷史性轉型,在這一過程中釋放出來的巨大能量迅速地對整個社會結構進行了全方位重構。在這一時期,出于圖繪全新社會現實的需要,眾多源于歐美的理論集體涌入到剛敞開國門的中國。作為一種起源于英國伯明翰學派和法蘭克福學派的話語形式,文化研究同樣在這一時期被引介到中國,并在三十年間迅速發展為學界重要的話語形式。文化研究能在中國學術體制中安營扎寨,有內外兩個方面的原因:一方面,由于經濟的快速發展、市民社會的形成和公民主體性的提高等眾多因素的推動,以現代傳播手段為依托的大眾文化開始在中國全面興起,并成為人們日常生活中的重要內容,這迫切需要新的理論資源來對其做出回應;在另一方面,作為一種理論工具,由于其跨學科性、政治立場以及現實相關性,文化研究不僅可以幫助知識分子在宏觀語境中更全面地把控各種文化現象,同時也為在經濟浪潮中被邊緣化的知識分子介入社會現實提供了有效途徑。然而,只有全面地把握八九十年代及當下知識分子的生存狀況、社會生態和思想狀況等諸多要素,同時還必須了解這些因素之間的相互制約、互動和輝映,才能更深入地理解文化研究的生成機制、發展脈絡和意識形態性。通過將文化研究在中國的“理論旅行”問題化、語境化和歷史化,本文力圖客觀地呈現、剖析和評判中國的大眾文化和文化研究現狀,并就中國大眾文化的意識形態功能、文化研究的分期和未來發展進行論述。