麦克米兰《妈妈》中的黑人母性重构策略

Reconstruction Strategies of Black Motherhood in Terry Mc Millan's MaMa

当代美国黑人女性作家特瑞·麦克米兰在小说《妈妈》中集中探讨了美国黑人母性的构建问题。一直以来,美国黑人母亲常被冠以"超强黑人母亲"的称号,该类型化、神话化的命名看似在歌颂黑人母亲,实则阻碍了黑人母亲的自我解放和母性建构。论文从女性身体与情感欲求的释放与新型家庭模式的重建、独特的母爱表达与母性危机的化解、生存空间的僭越与阶级壁垒的破除等三个方面审视该作对"超强黑人母亲"刻板形象的逆写以及黑人母性的重构,以期对当今人类母性的认知、建构与实践有所启示。

In her first novel MaMa, the contemporary African American woman writer Terry McMillan discussed the problem of black motherhood. For a long time, African American mothers have been given a name--＂ superstrong Black mother＂ which seems to speak highly of black mothers, but in fact prevents them from pursuing their independent identity and mother- hood. This paper mainly examines the reverse writing of ＂ superstrong Black mother＂ image and the reconstruction of black motherhood in the novel from such three aspects as the discharge of the black mother＇s sexual desire, emotional need and the reconstruction of a new family modal, black mother＇s unique way to express her motherhood to defuse the crisis of black mother- hood, and arrogation of living space and the dismantlement of class barrier, which may provide some reference for people＇s cognition, construction and practice of motherhood.