论《战舞》中当代城市印第安人的羞耻

Contemporary urban Indian’s shame in War Dances

谢尔曼·阿莱克西的《战舞》书写了当代美国印第安人在融入城市社会生活中产生的羞耻情感。主流社会对城市印第安人的权力凝视内化为羞耻体验。主流媒体对印第安身份的错误再现引发印第安人自我否定的感觉,形塑了羞耻体验;借助疾病的种族隐喻,现代医学话语为印第安身体贴上羞耻标签,加剧了他们的身心痛苦;在当代政治生活中,城市印第安人的缺席、印第安人政治诉求被普遍的社会问题同化,揭示了他们在政治体制中被弃置的尴尬处境。《战舞》中的羞耻情感凸显了城市印第安人拒绝被编辑、被定义、被弃置的反抗精神。

Sherman Alexie’ s War Dances presents the shameful experience of contemporary American Indians during the process of urbanization.The extrinsic gaze from dominant social agencies upon urban Indians internalizes into shameful experience.The mainstream media’ s misrepresentation on Indian identity results in Indian’ s self-negation,shaping Indians’ shameful experience.Through racializing diseases,modern medical discourse imposes shameful tags upon Indian bodies,amplifying their physical and psychological suffering.In contemporary political projects,the absence of urban Indians and assimilation of Indian pursuits into general social problem uncover their predicament of being disposed.The shame in War Dances reveals contemporary urban Indians’ resistance of being coded,being defined and being disposed.