수잔-로리 팍스의 『비너스』 - 흑인여성의 몸에 나타난 식민주의적 억압과 폭력

• 영문명: Colonized oppression and violence in a black woman"s body
• 발행기관: 한국영어어문교육학회
• 저자명: 박진숙(Park Jin-Sook)
• 간행물 정보: 『영어어문교육』영어어문교육 제13권 제4호, 253~270쪽, 전체 18쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2007.12.30

영문 초록

  The purpose of this paper is to illuminate how Suzan-Lori Parks reveals colonized oppression and violence in a black woman"s body in Venus. The body of Hottentot Venus is an "object" of white male spectators" gazes and a dissection from a medical study. The report on her pathologic anatomy gives the audience the illusion that the body of a black woman is inferior to those of others. Not only "subjective" aesthetics, but also "objective" medicine makes us confuse "fact" with "truth" about black women. By publicly exhibiting her erotic body, Venus is represented as a singular emblem for nineteenth-century colonial discourse on race and sexuality. Her body stands for the powerful signifier of raped Africa. A distinctive feature of black Venus is her raciality. The ownership of her body is only transferred from Mother-Showman to Doctor Baron. She had no right to her ownership. Her body is an object of hatred and curiosity and at the same time a site which is represented by conflicting desires. Parks" eventual goal in Venus is to investigate "hindsight" of Venus Hottentot, "the past" and "the posterior". As the meaning of original chocolate can be regained, the insulted and damaged body of Venus should also be recovered and resurrected.

목차

Ⅰ. 서론
Ⅱ. 눈으로 만지기: 식민적 응시와 몸의 전시
Ⅲ. 착취와 공모?: 상충하는 욕망의 장소로서의 몸
Ⅳ. 결론
참고문헌

키워드

Gaze desire body objectification black woman colonized oppression 응시 욕망 몸 대상화 흑인여성 식문？적 억압