论贝丝·亨利《心灵之罪》中的性别化空间

Gendered Space in Beth Henley's Crimes of the Heart

贝丝·亨利的代表作《心灵之罪》展现了性别化空间对女性主体权的束缚。该剧揭示了女性在性别化空间中遭受的禁锢、男性对女性空间的规训、女性对性别化空间界限的突破。通过重新分配空间中的权力,亨利呼吁女性对性别化空间内的既定秩序发起挑战,宣夺自我空间中的领土权,赢取空间中的主动权。在某种程度上,亨利把女性对性别化空间的反叛视为边缘对中心的颠覆。这种颠覆与反叛的实现标志着女性寻求空间正义的强烈诉求。

Beth Henley's seminal play,Crimes of the Heart,exhibits gendered space as the crucifixion of women's self-sovereignty.The play reveals women's confinement within gendered divisions,their discipline from the masculine space,and their challenges against gendered division of space.Through relocating the uneven distribution of power in space,Henley advocates women's courageous challenge to the assigned order in gendered space,claiming spatial sovereignty and cultivating subjectivity in space.To some extent,Henley regards women's rebellion against gendered space as the subversion of periphery against centrality.The subversion and rebellion signify women's strong desire for spatial justice.