性别美学视域中的“伪娘”现象:一种亚文化的历史流变——尤以西方为例

“Nancy Boy” Phenomenon in Gender Aesthetics: the Historical Change of a Subculture——Take the Western Culture for Example

在性别美学视域中,"伪娘"是一种贯穿古今的亚文化现象。以西方文化为例,这点清晰可见:从古希腊开始,以男/女二分法为基础的性别美学就已经诞生,"伪娘"这种亚文化现象初露端倪;进入近现代以后,平等观念的出现改变了性别美学的内涵,"伪娘"现象也进入新的语境之中;到了当代,后现代主义连续解构性别美学的二分法,"伪娘"现象则获得了部分的合法性,但各种制约仍使它停留于亚文化层面。每当它试图越过亚文化的边界时,批评之音就会不期而至。在当代的多元文化语境中,我们既需要宽以待之,又必须维持必要的张力,而最终的出路在于建构平等的性别美学。

In the perspective of gender aesthetics,'Nancy Boy'is a subculture phenomenon that runs through from ancient times to modern times.Taking the example of western culture,this is very clear:(1)since the ancient Greece,the gender aesthetics based on the dichotomy of man/woman has existed,and the sub-culture phenomenon of'Nancy Boy'has thus emerged;(2)in modern times,the concept of equality has changed the connotation of gender aesthetics,which creates a new context for the phenomenon of'Nancy Boy';(3)In contemporary times,the post-modernism continuously deconstructs the dichotomy of gender aesthetics,and the'Nancy Boy'phenomenon gains partial legitimacy,but various restrictions still make it stay at the sub-cultural level.Every time it tries to cross subcultural boundaries,criticism comes.In the contemporary multi-cultural context,we should not only be tolerant of it,but also maintain the necessary tension.The ultimate way out lies in the construction of equal gender aesthetics.