美国华人男性形象的性别和种族操演

Gender and Racial Performativity of Chinese American Male Images

在东方主义的话语体制和文化霸权的心理投射下,东方被塑造为他者,以其贫穷、软弱、落后和神秘烘托西方的富有、强大、先进和理性。汤亭亭、黄哲伦、赵健秀、徐忠雄等当代华裔美国作家对华裔男性气质建构问题进行深刻的思索,他们创作的华人男性形象或是具有复杂性、动态性和包容性,或是极具勇气、魅力和反叛等支配型男性气质特征。无论是美国主流媒体,还是华裔作家对华人男性形象的种族和性别身份的操演,都是为各自的政治目的服务的。虽然华裔作家内部对如何建构华人男性气质尚有争议,但他们的创作不约而同地展现出反政治压迫、反种族歧视和反文化强权的创作立场。

Under the pressure of orientalism and cultural hegemony, orient is produced as Other with its features of poverty, powerlessness, underdevelopment and mystery to contrast prosperity, power, development and advancement, which are regarded as western features. Contemporary Chinese American writers, Maxine Hong Kingston, David Henry Hwang, Frank Chin and Shawn Wong for instances speculate on the construction of Chinese American male images complex, dynamic and involving or gallant, charm- ing and rebellious. American main stream culture and contemporary Chinese American writers perform Chinese American male images for their different political purposes. The latter may not share the same perception of what Chinese American masculinity is, whereas their works no doubt deny political oppression, racial discrimination and cultural hegemony without prior consultation.