"I Eat; Therefore I Am"-Molly and Food

「我吃故我在」：莫莉與飲食

周幸君(Hsing-Chun Chou)

《歐美研究》 42卷3期 (2012/09) Pp. 459-496

https://doi.org/10.7015/JEAS.201209.0459

摘要

莫莉在〈潘尼洛普〉一章的意識流動當中充滿了飲食；飲食構成了「莫莉．布盧姆」其人主要且重要的一部分，也呈現了一幅描繪其生活既細膩又寫實的畫作。食物乃是一種符號。對食物的資格權可顯示家庭的財政狀況。此外，食物也提供莫莉有關布盧姆的個人訊息，並且讓她與家人、過去、都柏林社區作一連結。參與種種飲食活動使莫莉得以投入都柏林的社區生活。飲食行為因此構成了莫莉．布盧姆的主體。「她吃故她在。」儘管並未完全拋開社會文化之束縛，莫莉仍然顛倒了傳統上男性等同消費者而女性等同消費品的性別角色，品嘗食物與性慾帶來的歡娛，同時暗示消耗食物所引發的身體機能乃是自然且必然之現象。

關鍵字

莫莉．布盧姆 ； 《尤利西斯》 ； 食物 ； 社會實踐 ； 性別

並列摘要

Molly's streams of consciousness in ”Penelope” are filled with food and eating, which make up a major and crucial part of the person ”Molly Bloom” and present a detailed and realistic picture of her life. Food acts as a sign. The rights of entitlement to food signify the financial condition of a household. Moreover, it conveys to Molly private coded messages concerning Bloom, and enables her to make connections with her family, her past, and the community in Dublin. In taking part in various food-related activities, Molly also participates in the communal life of Dublin. Dietary practices thus constitute a part of the identity of Molly Bloom. She eats; therefore she is. Not entirely free from sociocultural constraints, Molly nevertheless reverses the traditional gender roles of man as consumer and woman as the consumed, savors the pleasures brought about by food and sexuality, and suggests the naturalness and inevitability of bodily functions engendered by food consumption.

並列關鍵字

Molly Bloom ； Ulysses ； food ； social practice ； gender

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