新东方主义:力比多实践中的认同政治——从《上海宝贝》到《我的禅》

Neo-orientalism:Politics of Identification in Libidinal Practice——From Shanghai Baby to My Buddha

通读卫慧的小说,其中所展现出的认同政治无疑耐人寻味:它到底是一种游移的身份更新(乃至脱胎换骨),还是新瓶装旧酒?是国际化语境中游刃有余的本土展现、对抗,还是一种精明的利用?如果将卫慧置于全球化与跨国主义的语境中,考察其认同的变迁,我们不难发现她自我凝视的执著。不管是成名作《上海宝贝》,还是后起的《我的禅》都不能免俗。问题的更深一层在于,她在这种自我凝视中反映出认同的权力关系,或者认同媚俗。不管是价值取向,还是物质成本考量。

Reading through Wei Hui＇ s works, we can find their politics of identification very interesting： is it a renewal of the changed identity or just something stale covered with a new label？ Is it a kind of localization used to resist globalization or to make good use of globalization？ If Wei Hui is placed in the context of globalization and trans-nationalism and a probe is made into the changes of her identity, one cannot fail to discern the persistent self-gaze in both her Shanghai Baby and My Buddha. In addition, efforts must be made to see through the relationship of power in her identity.