休閒的政治－KTV的快感與權力關係

Politics of Leisure-The Relation between Pleasure and Power in KTV

張淑玫(Sue-Mei Chang)

《台灣社會研究季刊》 16期 (1994/03) Pp. 119-145

https://doi.org/10.29816/TARQSS.199403.0005

摘要

本篇論文是針對近年台灣社會出現的KTV休閒現象，所作的快感與權力關係之分析。根據本文的分析，KTV的休閒是透過空間修辭的體驗、高科技的操弄、殷動的服務與視聽演唱的發洩中，獲得快感；同時這樣的休閒具有勞動力再生產（發洩情緒與補償效果）與促進商品流通（社交應酬）的特殊社會功能，並且再生產與鞏固了支配的社會意義（財富至上、家庭意識形態、主從與性別權力關係等）。雖然人們是在既定的權力範限與支配的社會意義下享用快感，但是KTV快感經驗的顚覆潛能，卻來自人們的抗拒閱讀與對抗主流意義的生產：透過「影像評論」、「角色扮演」與「詞曲改造」的過程，獲得了顚覆既定社會規範的快感經驗。因此快感政治學的問題不在於個人象徵符號上的抵抗，是否會抵銷了鉅觀上改變的可能，而在於如何將個人抗拒的快感經驗，與社會的改變串連起來。所以對於快感使用的批判性社會實踐必須是有寓意的(allegorical)：一方面必須掌握當地的、近身的、現前的此刻，以及全球的、整體的、超越人身的、未來的景像，才能既貼近日常生活的細微權力，又扣連上整體社會的脈動與系統性的改變。

關鍵字

KTV ； 休閒 ； 快感 ； 權力

並列摘要

The dynamics between pleasure and social power is the focus of this article. KTV as a form of leisure in Taiwan has specific functions connecting the realm of pleasure and the realm of dominant social power relations, such as the reproduction of labor and the circulation of commodities. The pleasure of KTV is achieved through the reading of spatial rhetorics, the operation of high -tech equipments, the solicitous service, and the bodily experiences of watching, listening and singing. Although dominant social power relation and meaning penetrate into the enjoyment of pleasure in KTV, people can find out strategies of resistance such as subversive reading of lyrics and role-playing that can transgress the established social relations. However, if the politics of pleasure does not stop at the individual level, it must involve a dual focus, in which the local, present, and personal issues are related with the global, absent, and collective goals of systematic transformation.

並列關鍵字

KTV ； leisure ； pleasure ； power