论萨拉·沃特斯《轻舔丝绒》中的女性亚文化风格

《轻舔丝绒》是英国当代小说家萨拉·沃特斯“维多利亚三部曲”的开篇之作,维多利亚时代的女性生活方式和父权制主宰下的女性边缘化地位等都在这部小说中得以呈现。女性亚文化风格在服饰、场景、语言三个维度上表现了与当时主流文化有所背离的“抵制”与“反抗”因子。女性亚文化风格的形成得益于维多利亚时代的社会变革、女性受教育程度的提高以及外来新观念新文明的冲击,长期受制于父权社会审查和监视的维多利亚女性终于能在传统道德与现代文明的进程中彰显了自我。

On Female Subculture Style in Sarah Waters' Tipping the Velvet

Tipping the Velvet is the first novel of the“Victoria Trilogy”written by contemporary British novelist Sarah Waters,which presents the female lifestyle and women’s marginalized status under the dominance of patriarchy in the Victorian era.The female subculture style,manifested in three dimensions of dressing,scenes and language,reflects the factors of“resistance”and“rebellion”that deviated from the mainstream culture then.Social revolutions,increasing female education and impact of new concepts and new civilizations,contributed to the formation of the style.The Victorian women who had long been subject to the censorship and surveillance of the patriarchal society were finally able to assert themselves between the traditional morality and modern civilization.