“怪人”的性别表演——论卡森·麦卡勒斯小说中的假小子

The Queer's Performativity——An Analysis of Tomboys in Carson Mc Cullers' Works

朱迪斯·巴特勒的性别表演理论在性别研究中占有重要地位。该理论认为主体的性别身份是不确定的,它在风格、程式化的重复行动中具有表演性。性别表演理论还说明了异性恋矩阵的压迫逻辑和扮装的戏仿性质。基于此理论,阐释美国作家卡森·麦卡勒斯的性别身份动荡,并探讨《婚礼的成员》等小说中假小子的性别身份问题,强调假小子具有流动性、表演性的性别特征。

Performativity, developed by Judith Butler, plays an important role in gender research, which claims the uncertainty and instability of sex identity and it has performance in style and stylized repeated actions. The gender performance theory also illustrates the oppressive logic of the heterosexual matrix and the parody nature of the drag and drop. Based on Judith Butler’s theory, the paper explores the tumultuous sex identity of Carson McCullers, which is correspondingly reflected in the sex identity of tomboys in her works. The discussion ends up with the tomboys’ double performance of both masculinity and femininity.