中华人女性的生存困境——解读任碧莲《典型的美国佬》  

The Dilemma of Chinese-American Women's Survival in Consume Society

作　　者：李淑春[1] 

机构地区：[1]湖北黄冈师范学院外国语学院

出　　处：《世界文学评论（长江文艺出版社）》2007年第1期106-110,共5页The World Literature Criticism

基　　金：湖北省教育厅人文社会科学研究项目(项目编号:2004q029)阶段性成果之一;;国家社会科学基金项目<美国华人文学与中外文化>(04BWW001)的阶段性成果之一。

摘　　要：华裔美国作家任碧莲《典型的美国佬》的主人公身处消费社会的泥沼中,在一步步实现美国梦的同时,他们失却了许多美好的东西。因为消费社会的影响无处不在,他们或自愿或被迫地接受消费社会的价值观念,追逐金钱、追求物质财富,只有拉尔夫的姐姐特蕾萨例外。男性在消费社会里追求汽车、房子等能体现他们身份的物质财富的同时,把女性也作为他们的消费对象之一,以为用钱和物可以换来女性的亲睐。男性的作为让置身于消费社会的女性难逃被物化的命运。更可悲的是,女性也认可物质等同于幸福的价值观念。而书中的华人女性更难冲破消费社会中男权文化的壁垒,免于被物化、被边缘化的命运,因为即使像凯米那样女性意识很强的白人女性也改变不了男性对女性的定位,华人女性内化的中国封建男权文化意识使她们的命运更不容乐观。这部小说展现的虽然是女性的厄运,但又何尝不是人类的生存困境。The characters in Chinese-American writer Gish Jen＇ s Typical American are trapped in consume society-while realizing their American Dream step by step, they have lost a lot of valuable things. Because the influences of consume society exist everywhere, these characters willingly or unwillingly accept the values of consume society—seeking after money and material wealth madly. But Theresa is an exception. In order to show their identity and win women＇ s love, men pursue cars, houses, and clothes, etc. They also regard women as their consumer goods. Men＇ s behavior plunges women in a materialized fate. What＇ s the worse, women consider materials equal to happiness. In Typical American, it＇ s hard for Chinese American women to break through the barrier of male chauvinism, and to escape the fate of being materialized and marginalized Even if Cammy, a white girl with a strong female consciousness, cannot change women＇ s position fixed by men, Chinese American women＇ s internal Chinese feudal male chauvinism makes their fate less optimism. Although this novel tells us women＇ s misfortune, it also shows us the living dilemma of human beings.

关 键 词：消费社会 物化 男权文化意识 生存困境 

分 类 号：I712.4[文学—其他各国文学]