托妮·莫瑞森小说中的消费文化透视

A Consumer Cultural Perspective on the Works of Toni Morrison

托妮·莫瑞森作品多处描写了一战后到六七十年代美国黑人独特的消费文化现象。鲍德里亚有关消费文化的理论可以很好地解读莫瑞森作品中与消费文化密切相关的几个方面,即饮食、穿着、娱乐休闲、品牌以及身体消费,分析"大众消费模式"所带来的美国黑人消费价值观和道德伦理观的转变,并借此探讨消费对于黑人的符号价值意义和颠覆作用。

Toni Morrison＇s works describe the unique consumer cultural phenomenon from after the WWI to the 60s and the 70s. Jean Baudrillard＇s theories about consumer culture can help analyze several aspects concerning the consumer culture, such as food and drink, apparel, entertainment, brands and body consumption, and help explore the changes of African- American people＇s consumptive values and ethic values brought about by the mass--consumption pattern, as well as the symbolic meaning and subversive function of consumption.