“后种族”时代背景下的黑人女性身体叙事——托妮·莫里森《孩子的愤怒》解读

Body Narrative of African American Women in a“Post-racial”Era:A Case of Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child

托妮·莫里森创作的最后一部小说《孩子的愤怒》聚焦于当代黑人女性身体遭受的隐性冷暴力,着墨于黑人女性身体在种族主义、白人文化、男权价值影响下的变化。莫里森借助身体叙事揭示了黑人女性身体遭受的冷暴力,她们的身体沦为可食用或可消费的满足欲望的客体,以此表达她对"后种族"的观点,即"后种族"意味着种族主义以隐性的、多变的、复杂的形式依然存在。

Toni Morrison’s last novel God Help the Child focuses on the invisible violence suffered by African American women and the changes in the body of African American women under the influence of racism,white-dominated culture and patriarchal values.Morrison reveals that African American women’s bodies are exposed to violence and become an object of desire,which is edible or consumable,thus expressing her views on"post-raciality"with a vivid description of woman’s bodies.According to Morrison,"post-racism"is different from racism,because it exists in a hidden,variable and complex form.