从女性角度析《美国在心中》中菲裔美国人的寻梦三部曲

摘要

Focusing on three types of women in America is in the Heart,namely,colonial Filipino women,prostitutes in Fil-ipino community,and idealized white women,this paper attempts to testify women’s metaphorical function as a mirror and lamp. On the one hand,women reflect the hardship and torture that Pinoy suffered in Philippine and America;on the other hand,ide-alized white women,as a lamp,guide Pinoy to pursue their dreams in America.Although women narratives in the work are very few,they are the indispensable way to understand and construct Pinoy’s experience of exile.And in women’s metaphorical space,Pinoy fulfills self-cognition.%菲律宾裔美国作家布洛桑的《美国在心中》是菲裔美国文学的扛鼎之作，作品通过自传体形式叙述了早期菲裔劳工的离散经验。本文聚焦于作品中相对零星、却具有较强隐喻性的女性书写，通过分析殖民地菲律宾女性、菲裔社区的妓女和理想化的白人女性3类女性群体，试图证明女性既像一面镜子一样，浓缩并再现了菲裔劳工从家乡到美国的苦难与辛酸，也像一盏明灯一样，指引着他们在黑暗与孤独中，在重重剥削与压迫中奋力前行追寻梦想。在这部书写菲裔男性的书中，零星的女性叙事不是孤立的存在，而是理解与构建菲裔离散经验特殊性与复杂性不可或缺的重要途径。