Lesbian Panic: Homoeroticism in Modern British Women's Fiction
Lesbian Panic: Homoeroticism in Modern British Women's Fiction
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女同性恋恐慌：现代英国女性小说中的同性恋主义
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10.2307/464401
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发表时间：
1997
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P. Smith
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在许多现代英国女作家的作品中，两个女人形成了强大的纽带，但这种关系却陷入困境，瘫痪或中断。一个女性角色，害怕发现隐藏的女同性恋欲望，猛烈抨击另一个女人，导致自己或他人的情感或身体伤害。帕特里夏·史密斯将这种叙事定义为“女同性恋恐慌”。当一个角色或作者不愿意面对或揭示她自己的女同性恋或女同性恋欲望时，会发生什么？对史密斯来说，女同性恋恐慌通常是害怕在异性恋范式中失去自己的身份和价值。史密斯通过重要作品追溯了“女同性恋恐慌”的历史：伍尔夫的《远航》和《达洛维夫人》;鲍恩的《小女孩》和《伊娃鳟鱼》;布罗菲的《雨天之王》;莱辛的《金色笔记本》;斯帕克的《让·布罗迪小姐的青春》。史密斯揭示了这种恐慌是如何以及为什么被代表的，她探讨了后现代女同性恋作家如何试图摆脱这种叙事。
In many works by modern British women writers, two women form a strong bond only to have that relationship stymied, paralyzed or interrupted. A female character, fearing discovery of covert lesbian desires, lashes out at another woman, resulting in emotional or physical harm to herself or others. Patricia Smith defines this narrative as "lesbian panic". What happens when a character or an author is unwilling to confront or reveal her own lesbianism or lesbian desire? For Smith, lesbian panic is often a fear of losing one's identity and value within the heterosexual paradigm. Smith traces the history of "lesbian panic" through key works: Woolfe's "The Voyage Out" and "Mrs Dalloway"; Bowen's "The Little Girls" and "Eva Trout"; Brophy's "King of a Rainy Day"; Lessing's "The Golden Notebook"; and Spark's "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". Smith reveals how and why this panic is represented and she explores how postmodern lesbian writers have attempted to break away from this narrative.