- 學位論文
被宰制的身體：Black Lives Matter時代的黑人性與種族政治展演
The Subjugated Bodies: Blackness and the Performance of Racial Politics in the Age of Black Lives Matter
摘要
本論文旨在探索戲劇實踐如何促進當代美國社會對種族政治與種族和解的批判性討論。「被宰制的身體」作為理解社會運動和藝術表達之間動態的修辭語彙，描述了美國黑人在結構性種族主義暴力下的脆弱性。本文藉由分析千禧世代的非裔美國劇作家安托瓦內特.那恩萬度（Antoinette Nwandu）的《踰越》、賈姬.西布里斯.德魯伊（Jackie Sibblies Drury）的《洞見》和傑瑞米.歐.哈里斯（Jeremy O. Harris）的《奴隸戲》，從劇作家在作品中呈現黑人身體受壓迫的情形，不僅探究當前的種族關係，也說明他們如何憑藉審視種族主義的歷史根源及其遺跡，重新思索黑人性（blackness）與抵抗、能動性以及自我賦權之意。通過作品裡對種族不公的論述，與演出後各自引發輿論廣泛關注與討論，本文強調戲劇實踐作為一種積極的社會參與形式，重新構想了一個空間，在此之中針對結構性暴力進行誠實的對話，可能是突破當前種族僵局的另一種途徑。
並列摘要
The objective of this thesis is to explore how theatre performance facilitates one of the most pragmatic directions to sustain the critical discussions on racial reconciliation in contemporary American society. As a discursive prism to understand the dynamics between the social movement and artistic expressions, the idea of the subjugated bodies is meant to describe the vulnerability of black Americans. By analyzing the oppression of black bodies represented in the works of African-American playwrights of the millennial generation, Antoinette Nwandu’s Pass Over, Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Fairview, and Jeremy O. Harris’ Slave Play, this thesis will not only demonstrate how these playwrights navigate the state of race relations in the current context, but also illustrate how they define the meaning of blackness with resistance, agency, and self-empowerment by revisiting the entanglement between the racist past and its present. With the detailed discussion on the problem of racial injustice embedded in these dramatic texts in one way or another, I argue that theatre as an effective form of social engagement in the age of Black Lives Matter reimagines a space where having honest conversations about structural violence is a possible antidote to the racial impasse.