萨丽·摩根的《我的位置》中土著性的重建

Restoration of Aboriginality in Sally Morgan's My Place

萨丽·摩根的《我的位置》通过她的家庭三代人的回忆记录,向所有人,包括不了解情况的土著人后代和很多对此一无所知的白人,揭露了土著黑人令人震惊的真实过去,使之几乎成与白人虚构的历史相对抗的另一部历史。由此说明,只有在这样的重述历史、重构历史中,土著人(包括萨丽·摩根及其他叙述者们)才能找到他们的位置,重新修复他们的土著性这个被白人政府强行割断的文化身份。作者通过分析主人公悲剧的原因,试图揭示出压制土著人的复杂主流白人文化和父权制作用的真实一面。

Sally Morgan＇s My Place has exposed the shocking situation of indigenous black peo- ple in the past through memories and records of three generations to all people, including those Aborig- inal offsprings who dont know the situation and many white people who know nothing about it, serving as a counter history against the fictional white history. Only in retelling and reconstructing their own history can indigenous people （ including Sally Morgan and other narrators） find their place and restore their indigenous nature -- the cultural identity that the white people have tried to erase. By probing into the causes of the tragedies of the characters concerned, the author attempts to uncover the truth a- bout the complicated dominant white culture and the patriarchal functions in repressing the indigenous.