The gaze is a means of power that can flow through family relationships.It has intense regulatory overtones.In her short story Mr.Tang’s Girls,Malaysian-Chinese Anglophone diasporic writer Shirley Geok-lin Lim shows ...The gaze is a means of power that can flow through family relationships.It has intense regulatory overtones.In her short story Mr.Tang’s Girls,Malaysian-Chinese Anglophone diasporic writer Shirley Geok-lin Lim shows the conflict between Eastern and Western cultures and the resistance of women under the oppression of patriarchy through the portrayal of the father,Ah Kong,and the eldest daughter,Kim Li.Based on Foucault’s discipline gaze and Hooks’oppositional gaze,this article analyzes the power operation in the story from the following three aspects:the male gaze,discipline and self-discipline,and the oppositional gaze.Kim Li’s subjective image of breaking free from male ownership control has been presented.It suggests the difficulties encountered by female groups in their rebellion against the male gaze and their pursuit of freedom and emancipation.It also reflects the tragedy of awakening women’s destinies under the dual oppression of patriarchy and the East-Westen cultural conflict.展开更多
This paper compares 18th and 19th century travelogues written by women and men travelling the cultural contact zones of the empire, as well as fictional recreations of such first encounters. A juxtaposition of the wri...This paper compares 18th and 19th century travelogues written by women and men travelling the cultural contact zones of the empire, as well as fictional recreations of such first encounters. A juxtaposition of the writers＇ reaction to the dynamics of gazing and the ethics of touch yields surprising results. Many women travellers have no problem to acknowledge the reciprocity of the gaze, accepting, as a matter of course, that the objects of their ethnological interest will gaze at them in return. In comparison, male travellers often exhibit unease at becoming an object of appraisal and observation. Even more interestingly, male travellers often shy away from haptic contact with members of the indigenous population, whereas many （though not all） women are more tolerant of touch and proximity. Regarded as ＂unwomanly＂ by their contemporaries, they carved out for themselves roles which allowed for a more intimate interaction with foreign ethnicities; also, they wrote in different genres--private memoirs instead of official reports. But even in their （semi） fictional writings male authors seem to imagine inter-cultural encounters in different terms from women and tend not let their protagonists enter into close bodily contact with the indigenous population.展开更多
Margaret Atwood’s works have been carried out around the problems faced by women in modern society.The Hand⁃maid’s Tale is no exception;it focuses on problems related to the female body.This paper,with the help of F...Margaret Atwood’s works have been carried out around the problems faced by women in modern society.The Hand⁃maid’s Tale is no exception;it focuses on problems related to the female body.This paper,with the help of Foucault’s theory and feminist theories,discusses the protagonist’s resistance through the body and how this resistance develops from reading to writing.Her reading,achieved through the means of gaze,involves reading the textual materials and the subtext of the natural and social surroundings.Her writing,achieved through the means of female writing,serves as the protagonist’s most significant and effective resistance against the patriarchal dictatorship.展开更多
THE Swiss philosopher and psychologist Carl Jung used to expound on the theory of a "collective unconsciousness." No painter illustrates this theory better than Edeshizhuo. There can be no doubt that her fee...THE Swiss philosopher and psychologist Carl Jung used to expound on the theory of a "collective unconsciousness." No painter illustrates this theory better than Edeshizhuo. There can be no doubt that her feeling for colors comes from the collective unconsciousness of the Yi ethnicity—the judgments of value inherent in the Yi ethos. Edeshizhuo’s paintings are an abstract combination of colors and imagery,展开更多
文摘The gaze is a means of power that can flow through family relationships.It has intense regulatory overtones.In her short story Mr.Tang’s Girls,Malaysian-Chinese Anglophone diasporic writer Shirley Geok-lin Lim shows the conflict between Eastern and Western cultures and the resistance of women under the oppression of patriarchy through the portrayal of the father,Ah Kong,and the eldest daughter,Kim Li.Based on Foucault’s discipline gaze and Hooks’oppositional gaze,this article analyzes the power operation in the story from the following three aspects:the male gaze,discipline and self-discipline,and the oppositional gaze.Kim Li’s subjective image of breaking free from male ownership control has been presented.It suggests the difficulties encountered by female groups in their rebellion against the male gaze and their pursuit of freedom and emancipation.It also reflects the tragedy of awakening women’s destinies under the dual oppression of patriarchy and the East-Westen cultural conflict.
文摘This paper compares 18th and 19th century travelogues written by women and men travelling the cultural contact zones of the empire, as well as fictional recreations of such first encounters. A juxtaposition of the writers＇ reaction to the dynamics of gazing and the ethics of touch yields surprising results. Many women travellers have no problem to acknowledge the reciprocity of the gaze, accepting, as a matter of course, that the objects of their ethnological interest will gaze at them in return. In comparison, male travellers often exhibit unease at becoming an object of appraisal and observation. Even more interestingly, male travellers often shy away from haptic contact with members of the indigenous population, whereas many （though not all） women are more tolerant of touch and proximity. Regarded as ＂unwomanly＂ by their contemporaries, they carved out for themselves roles which allowed for a more intimate interaction with foreign ethnicities; also, they wrote in different genres--private memoirs instead of official reports. But even in their （semi） fictional writings male authors seem to imagine inter-cultural encounters in different terms from women and tend not let their protagonists enter into close bodily contact with the indigenous population.
文摘Margaret Atwood’s works have been carried out around the problems faced by women in modern society.The Hand⁃maid’s Tale is no exception;it focuses on problems related to the female body.This paper,with the help of Foucault’s theory and feminist theories,discusses the protagonist’s resistance through the body and how this resistance develops from reading to writing.Her reading,achieved through the means of gaze,involves reading the textual materials and the subtext of the natural and social surroundings.Her writing,achieved through the means of female writing,serves as the protagonist’s most significant and effective resistance against the patriarchal dictatorship.
文摘THE Swiss philosopher and psychologist Carl Jung used to expound on the theory of a "collective unconsciousness." No painter illustrates this theory better than Edeshizhuo. There can be no doubt that her feeling for colors comes from the collective unconsciousness of the Yi ethnicity—the judgments of value inherent in the Yi ethos. Edeshizhuo’s paintings are an abstract combination of colors and imagery,
