暴力背后的权力运作——解读美国华裔小说《支那崽》中的暴力表征

The Operation of Power behind Violence——Interpretation on the Representations of Violence in China Boy

根据文化研究理论表征的概念,通过透视在美国华裔作家李健孙的第一部小说《支那崽》中的各种表征与表现,分析了权力在小说中的运作及经济对权力的影响,指出在权力关系之下,暴力可以作为少数族裔反抗主流文化对其压迫的一种武器,但要真正打破种族化了的表征体系,颠覆少数族裔在主流文化中的刻板印象,让其在美国社会恢复主体性、实现政治权利的愿望,归根到底还是要在经济上获得独立和发展。

Based on the concept of representation in the theory of cultural studies and the different repre- sentations of violence in China Boy,written by Li Jiansun,a Chinese-American writer,this paper analyzes the operation of power in the novel and the effect of economy on power,and aims to demonstrate that,un- der the relationship of power,violence can be adopted as an arm for minorities to fight against the oppres- sion laid by the culture of main steam.The paper further unmasks the economic element that is at work un- der the cover of violence,and points out that only after getting economic independence can minorities break down the ethnicized system of representation and subvert the stereotypes of minorities in the culture of main stream so as to be part of the main stream and realize their political rights in American society.