如何讲述性别?——作为生命记录与意义生产的叙事

How to Narrate Gender?——Narratives as the Documentation of Life and the Production of Meaning

伴随"叙事转向",叙事研究在社会科学领域获得越来越多的重视。正如每一个生命都是性别化的生命,每一个生命故事也都是性别化的故事。叙事对于性别研究的推进具有重要意义,而如何讲述性别故事则成为问题的关键。在批判人文主义视角下,每个行动者都是讲述生命故事和赋予其意义的主体,"主体建构"在叙事研究中得以彰显。然而,这并不妨碍有限"真实"的抵达,只要能够透过生活经验的表象挖掘其内在意义,并实现更深层次的理解。性别故事成为那些融于生活又获得意义的日常点滴与生命轨迹的记录,帮助我们走近性别的真相。在此基础上,性别研究呼唤新的公共叙事,为受压迫和边缘化的人们创造一个更加公正、平等的社会。

With the development of"narrative turn",narrative research has attracted more attention in social science.The story of every life is a gendered story,just as every life is a gendered life.Narrative is of great importance to the development of gender studies,while how to narrate gender has become the key to it.From the perspective of critical humanism,each agent is the subject of telling life story and giving the meaning to it,so"subjective construction"manifests itself in narrative research.However,it doesn’t hinder us in our search for limited truth,as long as we could explore the underlying meaning through life experience and achieve deeper understanding.The story of gender becomes the documentation of meaningful pieces of daily life and life trajectory,which could help us to get close to the truth.On this basis,gender studies advocate new public narratives,which could lead to a more just and equal society for subordinated and marginalized people.