从隔阂到弥合:《野蛮人来了》中的饮食身份

From Estrangement to Healing the Rift:Dietary Identity in The Barbarians Are Coming

以雷祖威长篇小说《野蛮人来了》中的饮食叙事为基础,结合后殖民语境,从主人公斯特林的厨师职业选择、饮食态度和烹饪方式三方面,分析新老华裔借由中国饮食从隔阂到弥合的关系修复过程,反映隐藏在饮食背后的华裔文化身份困境,以及书中人物在对待中国食物态度的变化过程中如何完成对自我身份的重新构建。

The paper is based on the dietary narrative of David Wong Louie s long novel The Barbarians Are Coming and combining the post-colonial context,it analyzes the process of repairing the relationship from estrangement to healing the rift between the first-generation Chinese Americans and their descendants through the descriptions of the leading character Sterling Lung s chef s career choice,eating attitudes and cooking styles.The paper reflects the dilemma of American Chinese cultural identity hidden behind the diets and how Sterling Lung reconstructed his self-identity in the changing attitudes towards Chinese food.