为“眼”疯狂——《最蓝的眼睛》对种族主义身体政治的揭示

On the Racist Body Politics in The Bluest Eye

在小说《最蓝的眼睛》中,儿童读本、童星邓波儿头像、印有白人女孩头像的糖纸、蓝眼睛等文化能指符号体现了白人至上的审美观。这种由国家体制保证的种族主义价值观被黑人内化为自我需求。黑人女孩佩可拉作为最天真、最易受伤害的人群中的一员,在面临这种武断否定黑人存在本质的价值观时,陷入了越追求自我便越失去自我的两难境地。为得到最蓝的眼睛,她失去了理智,陷入了疯狂。

In The Bluest Eye, the child reader, the picture of Shirley Temple, the Mary Jane candy paper and the blue eyes are cultural signifiers embodied with the aesthetic of white supremacy. The national sponsored racism is forced upon the black people as a universal truth to abide by. Facing the value system that denies the essence of black identity, the black little girl Pecola who belongs to the most innocent and vulnerable group falls into the dilemma of pursuing a false identity that betrays her true self. The stronger she strives, the more she loses her true self. She gets the bluest eye in an illusion, but loses her sanity in the end.