《相助》中的饮食叙事与再现伦理  

The Narrative of Food and the Ethics of Representation in The Help

作　　者：唐苇[1] 肖明文 TANG Wei;XIAO Mingwen(Nanchang University,Nanchang 330031,China;Sun Yat-sen University,Guangzhou 510275,China)

机构地区：[1]南昌大学,江西南昌330031 [2]中山大学,广东广州510275

出　　处：《南昌师范学院学报》2024年第1期101-105,118,共6页Journal of Nanchang Normal University

基　　金：国家社科基金项目“美国南方女性小说解读研究”(14CWW023);教育部人文社科基金项目“19世纪美国小说中的饮食书写与国家想象研究”(21YJC752019)。

摘　　要：《相助》自出版以来一直受到两种截然对立的评论,争执的焦点在于,身为白人的作家斯多克特是否公正准确地再现了种族隔离时期美国南方黑人女佣的生活经历。研究从饮食批评这个新兴的理论视角出发,结合有关美国南方饮食与黑人女佣的史料文献,从食物意象、厨娘形象与厨房空间三个层面对小说中的饮食叙事和再现伦理加以深入探讨,指出斯多克特试图通过客观再现黑人女佣经历来揭露该群体遭遇的种族歧视,但是她的无意识偏见和美化叙事又使得其再现未能颠覆反而强化了读者对黑人女佣的刻板印象。Since its publication,The Help has been subject to two diametrically opposed types of criticism.The crux of the debate lies in whether Kathryn Stockett,a white author,has fairly and accurately represented the life experiences of African American maids during the era of racial segregation in the southern United States.This paper,adopting the emerging theoretical perspective of food criticism and combining historical documents on Southern cuisine and African American maids,delves into the novel's food narrative and the ethics of representation from three aspects:food imagery,the image of the cook,and the kitchen space.It points out that Stockett attempts to expose the racial discrimination faced by this group by objectively representing the experiences of African American maids.However,her unconscious biases and beautified narratives not only fail to subvert but reinforce the stereotypical image of African American maids among readers.

关 键 词：凯瑟琳·斯多克特 《相助》 种族政治 饮食叙事 再现伦理 

分 类 号：I106.4[文学—世界文学]