中文摘要：

基于跨国宗族网络与地方意义营造的视角，以汕头市澄海区前美村为案例，试图挖掘充满地方意义的侨乡在外部政治经济体制和地方社会文化相互作用下的地方社会建构和营造过程。研究使用文本分析、深度访谈和实地观察等质性研究方法，揭示了作为“地方”的侨乡所具有的丰富的地方意义，以及地方意义建构过程中以跨国宗族网络为主社会关系之不断演替的机制所在。研究发现，前美村的空间和地方意义被不断地重构，而作为空间表征的“侨乡”也在不同时期的不同社会关系的空间实践下表达出不同的文化意义和地方意象。相较于以往各学科的侨乡研究，本文重视以往长期为学界所忽视的侨乡的空间和地方意义，从空间、地方和人的动态关系这一重要的地理纬度对侨乡内在的深刻社会文化进程进行了探讨。

英文摘要：

Based on the conceptual that overlaps between transnational lineage networks and the making of place meaning, the paper attempts to investigate the social construction and place-making of Qiaoxiang which is filled with place meaning and shaped by the interaction between external economic and political system and local social culture. By using a case study on Qianmei Village of Chenhai Distinct, Shantou City, the article employs qualitative analysis, such as literature analysis,text analysis and depth interview, to explain the mechanism of the continuous change of the social relationship within the process of place-meaning construction.We argued that the meaning of the space and place of Qianmei Village is reconstructed continuously. In addition, it proves that the Qianxiang as space of representation explains different cultural meaning and place image under the spatial practice by different social relationships in different periods. Compared with the researches of other subjects, the paper focuses on the meaning of space and place of Qiaoxiang which has been ignored in scholarship for a long time, and explore the social culture process of Qiaoxiang deep inside through the relationship among space, place and people.