Culture, Race and Gender—Hybridity in Middlesex

Journal of Beijing International Studies University ›› 2015, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (10): 45-.

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Culture, Race and Gender—Hybridity in Middlesex

Liu Jiana1,2 / Fan Yiting1

1. Xin Hua College of Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou 510520, China; 2. University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China

Received:2015-06-23 Online:2018-03-20 Published:2015-10-30

文化﹑种族与性别——论《中性》的多重混杂性

刘家妠1,2 范一亭2

1. 中山大学新华学院广东广州 510520；2. 北京科技大学北京 100083

作者简介:刘家妠（ 1989— ），女，北京科技大学硕士研究生。现工作于中山大学新华学院，任外国语言文学系教师。范一亭（1975— ），香港浸会大学英语文学博士，北京科技大学英语语言文学系副教授、系副主任、硕士生导师，主要研究领域为英美小说、西方文艺与批评理论。
基金资助:
北京科技大学“中央高校基本科研业务费基础研究与人文学科发展基金（BR-B）”项目“外国文学文化与翻译研究”的阶段性成果，项目编号为FRF-BR-16-009B。

Abstract

Abstract: Middlesex is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Novel written by Jeffrey Eugenides. The idea of hybridity penetrates throughout the whole novel, especially in the respects of culture, race and gender. This paper aims to analyze the cultural hybridity of Hebraism and Hellenism, racial hybridity brought by immigration and globalization and the gender hybridity of male and female in protagonist Cal. Eugenides shatters the binary oppositions in culture, race and gender and creates a third space for the marginalized to live and develop freely through the cultural, racial and gender hybridity.

Keywords: Middlesex; culture; race; gender; hybridity

摘要： 《中性》是美国作家杰弗里• 尤金尼德斯的普利策小说奖获奖作品。在《中性》中，混杂性概念贯穿整部小说，尤其是在文化、种族以及性别三方面体现得尤为明显。本文旨在探究小说中“两希文化”的文化杂糅、移民与全球化所带来的种族融合，以及中性人卡尔身上介于男女两性之间的性别混杂。通过文化、种族与性别的多重混杂性，尤金尼德斯打破了强弱文化、优劣种族与男女两性之间存在的二元对立，并通过以上三方面的混杂性，在小说中构建了一个供弱势群体自由生存、发展、充满可能性的“第三空间”。

关键词: 《中性》, 文化, 种族, 性别, 混杂性

Liu Jiana, / Fan Yiting. Culture, Race and Gender—Hybridity in Middlesex[J]. Journal of Beijing International Studies University, 2015, 37(10): 45-.

刘家妠范一亭. 文化﹑种族与性别——论《中性》的多重混杂性[J]. 北京第二外国语学院学报, 2015, 37(10): 45-.

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