从对立到对话——对托妮·莫里森小说《柏油孩子》的后殖民主义解读

摘要

自1978年爱德华·赛义德的《东方主义》发表以来，后殖民主义渐渐成为显学。作为后殖民主义的先驱之一，弗朗兹·法侬认为，在西方白人眼中，黑人是原始、愚昧、无知、暴力和兽欲的代名词；而白人自己则象征着进步、文明、智慧、文雅和节制。由此，白人对自己的肤色和文化充满了优越感，而黑人却产生了“自卑情结”，一些黑人甚至希望通过彻底抛弃黑人文化、拥抱白人文化来使自己“变白”，从而导致了他们的心理异化。赛义德则进一步指出，如同东方主义者创造了东方和东方人_样，白人也创造出了贬低黑人的“他者”形象来反衬自己的优越性。东方主义者与东方，白人与黑人之间存在着创造与被创造的权力关系。在《东方主义》一书的结语中，他深刻指出，“东方主义

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前言

声明

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One A Brief Introduction to Post-colonialism and Its Links to Tar Baby

Ⅰ. Some Issues about Post-colonialism

Ⅱ. Frantz Fanon's Postcolonial Thoughts

Ⅲ. Edward Said's Orientalism

Ⅳ. Links between Post-colonialism and Tar Baby

Chapter Two Valerian Street - A Toppled Postcolonial Dictator

Ⅰ. A Seeming Dictator Seeking to Dominate the Island's Nature, Culture and Inhabitants

Ⅱ. An Alienated Autocrat Toppled from His Throne

Chapter Three Blacks Who Are Colonized

Ⅰ. Sydney and Ondine - the Black Bourgeoisie

Ⅱ. Jadine - a Cultural Orphan

Ⅲ. Alma - an Alienated Native Islander

Chapter Four Blacks Who Refuse to Be Colonized

Ⅰ. Therese and Gideon - Natives Sticking to Their Black Culture

Ⅱ. Son - the Carrier of Black Traditional Culture

Conclusion

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