Heterogeneity Within: Chinese American Women's Writing

內存之異質性──華裔美籍女性書寫

蕭韻華(Yun-Hua Hsiao)

《國立彰化師範大學文學院學報》 5期 (2012/03) Pp. 163-184

https://doi.org/10.29602/XLZY.201203.0010

摘要

非白人女性主義者，長期質疑中產階級白人女性在書寫女性主義時，同質性高，並爭取弱勢女性發聲的空間，以創造更為適用不同族裔、社會階級、歷史背景的女性論述。本篇論文致力發掘華裔美籍女性書寫之異質性，以反駁華裔美籍女性作品不可辨識之說法，望提高她們的能見度。再者，本文中筆者取湯亭亭與譚恩美兩位著名華裔美籍女性作家，詳加比較其異同，除提出她們相似之處，更為重要的是舉出她們差異。看似來自相同背景的作家卻有其雜異性，這暗示了各個作家的作品，需要更為細緻的閱讀，與對其背景更深刻的了解。經由確認華裔美籍女性作家之異質性，本文提供了一個區別不同個體之主體性的方式。

關鍵字

異質性 ； 族性 ； 華裔美籍

並列摘要

Feminists of color have been questioning the homogeneity of feminism as written about by middle-class Caucasion women and demanding a space for the voices of minority female in order to create feminist discourses which are more appropriate for women of different ethnicities, social classes, political positions and historical backgrounds. This paper, therefore, is devoted to the discovery of heterogeneity within Chinese American women's writing to refute the indiscernibility of their works and to request more visibility for them. Furthermore, in this paper, I have selected Maxine Hong Kingston and Amy Tan, two renowned Chinese American female writers for comparison and contrast, which then unveil their similarities but more importantly, their differences as distinct authors. The heterogeneity of writers of seemingly similar backgrounds suggests a need for close reading and understanding of various subjects. Through the identification of the heterogeneity among Chinese American women writers, this paper has offered a way to distinguish the subjectivity of different individuals.

並列關鍵字

heterogeneity ； ethnicity ； Chinese American