《爱》中的黑人女性L的流散身份建构
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摘要
对于后殖民时代的流散族群来说,文化身份不是一个本质性的存在,而是一个处在不断建构和再建构的动态的认同过程。托妮·莫里森的小说《爱》就是一部描述20世纪美国非裔流散群体,尤其是女性流散群体身份的迷失与建构的小说。从后殖民女性主义视角来看,以小说中的黑人女性L为代表的流散主体在流散身份建构的过程中,要面对种族、性别、阶级等多重因素的影响。在多重压迫下,以L为代表的黑人女性,只有固守民族文化,捍卫女性独立,才能完成对流散身份的建构,从而获得真正的独立与自由。
For the diasporic ethnic group in the postcolonial era, cultural identity does not exist absolutely, but stays in a dynamic recognition process through consistent construction and reconstruction. Toni Morrison's novel Love depicts the loss and construction of the identity of the African diasporic group in America in the 20 th century, especially that of the female diasporic group. Viewed from the perspective of postcolonial feminism, in the process of diasporic identity construction, the diasporic subjects represented by L, a black woman in the novel, have to be influenced by the multiple factors, such as race, gender, class and so on. Under the multiple oppression, only by clinging to their national culture and safeguarding the female independence, can the black women represented by L contruct their diasporic identity and gain real independence and freedom.
For the diasporic ethnic group in the postcolonial era, cultural identity does not exist absolutely, but stays in a dynamic recognition process through consistent construction and reconstruction. Toni Morrison's novel Love depicts the loss and construction of the identity of the African diasporic group in America in the 20 th century, especially that of the female diasporic group. Viewed from the perspective of postcolonial feminism, in the process of diasporic identity construction, the diasporic subjects represented by L, a black woman in the novel, have to be influenced by the multiple factors, such as race, gender, class and so on. Under the multiple oppression, only by clinging to their national culture and safeguarding the female independence, can the black women represented by L contruct their diasporic identity and gain real independence and freedom.
引文
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