《卡罗莱纳州的私生女》中的身份认同困境

发布时间：2018-04-21 08:25

本文选题：身份认同 + 内群体排斥　；参考：《宁波大学》2013年硕士论文

【摘要】：《卡罗莱纳州的私生女》（Bastard out of Carolina）是桃乐西·艾莉森（Dorothy Allison）荣获1992年美国国家图书奖提名的一部半自传体作品。艾莉森在小说中对于诸多残酷的社会现象真实的描写吸引了众多评论家的关注。本研究旨在用身份理论剖析穷白人群体的边缘身份困境：格雷挣扎于两个阶级夹缝中的身份困境，以及作品中几位女性人物的附属身份困境，以此来探讨其成因以及所导致的消极影响。本研究认为，身份认同困境的根源在于内群体排斥与外群体偏见两个方面。安妮、瑞琳等穷白人家庭成员试图通过改变自己的行为举止和生活方式来摆脱穷白人身份，然而外群体对她们的刻板印象令她们始终无法被主流社会接受。同时，她们作为女性群体的代表在经济、情感等方面都处于附属地位。虽然一些女性人物曾试图摆脱这一附属身份，却遭到了来自男性和女性群体双方的歧视。在这种身份认同困境中她们为了追求更高层次的身份而主动排斥内群体，在改变自己的过程中却始终遭受外群体的偏见。与此相反，格雷扮演着内群体排斥的承受者以及外群体偏见的施动者的双重角色。一方面，由于其事业上的毫无成就以及窘迫的生活状态，他急于得到认同的白人中产阶级身份遭到内群体成员的否定；另一方面，，虽然他娶了出生于穷白人家庭的安妮，却自认为其身份高人一等而蔑视这一群体。身份认同困境直接导致了自卑和愤怒等消极情绪以及暴力行为。骨儿遭受继父格雷虐待和被母亲抛弃的成长悲剧实质上都是身份认同困境的产物。因此，突破身份认同困境的一个重要条件即是消除群体间的偏见或是建立多重身份以免陷入某一身份的认同困境。
[Abstract]:Bastard out of Carolina is a semi-autobiographical work nominated by Dorothy Allison for the 1992 National Book Award. The true description of many cruel social phenomena in Alison's novels has attracted the attention of many critics. The purpose of this study is to use identity theory to analyze the marginal identity dilemma of the poor white group: the identity dilemma in which Gray struggles between two classes and the subordinate identity dilemma of several female characters in his works. In order to explore its causes and the resulting negative impact. This study argues that the root of identity dilemma lies in both internal group exclusion and external group bias. Poor white family members, such as Annie and Rileen, try to get rid of their poor white identity by changing their behavior and way of life. However, the stereotype of them among foreign groups has always made them unacceptable to the mainstream society. At the same time, as the representative of the female group, they are attached to the economy, emotion and so on. Although some women have tried to escape this attachment, they have been discriminated against by both men and women. In this kind of identity dilemma, they actively reject the inner group in order to pursue a higher level of identity, but they always suffer from the prejudice of the outside group in the process of changing themselves. In contrast, Gray acts as a receiver of inner group exclusion and as an actor of external group bias. On the one hand, because of his lack of success in his career and poor living conditions, he was denied his white middle-class identity, which he was eager to gain; on the other hand, although he married Anne, who was born to a poor white family, He thinks he is superior and disdains this group. Identity dilemma leads directly to negative emotions, such as inferiority complex and anger, as well as violence. The tragedy of Bones being abused by stepfather Gray and abandoned by their mother is essentially the result of identity dilemma. Therefore, an important condition to break through the dilemma of identity is to eliminate prejudice among groups or to establish multiple identities so as to avoid falling into the dilemma of identity.
【学位授予单位】：宁波大学
【学位级别】：硕士
【学位授予年份】：2013
【分类号】：I712.074

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