规训策略与反抗工具--《证言》食物书写的功能

Discipline Strategy and Revolt Instrument--Functions of Food Writing in The Testaments

性别政治是加拿大女作家玛格丽特·阿特伍德小说《证言》的重要主题。从福柯的权力理论解读此小说中的食物书写,发现食物成为权力的载体,体现了“吃”或“被吃”的两性权力关系,既是男性统治者进行权力规训的策略,也充当女性受害者反抗男权压迫的工具。基列国当权者通过控制进食的时间和空间,食物的数量和质量,对女性的肉体和心灵实施规训。打破食物禁忌、食用不可食用之物、拒绝进食、保留失传的饮食习俗成为女性反抗权力的策略。

Gender politics is a recurring theme in Margaret Atwood’s novels.This paper analyzes food writing in Atwood’s latest novel,The Testaments,from the perspective of Foucault’s power theory and feminism.Food serves as the vehicle of power,embodying power relationship of“eating or being eaten”between men and women.Male rulers discipline women’s body and mind by regulating the time and space of offering meals as well as the amount and quality of food.In return,women revolt against oppression through deliberately eating taboo food,taking inedible substances,refusing to take food,and preserving food tradition obliterated by authorities.