The Representation of The Aboriginal Maternal Cultures：The Study of Aborigines'' Images in Wang Jia Siang''s Fictions
Date Issued
2008
Date
2008
Author(s)
Wu, Wei-Ting
Abstract
Wang Jia Siang’s writings present the aboriginal maternal cultures that are related to the rediscovery of Taiwan Pingpu People. Cause the intermarriage between Taiwan Pingpu and the Han people is universal in the history of Taiwan, Taiwanese rediscover their aboriginal relation by blood in contemporary Taiwan. This rediscovery challenges the binary opposition’s concept of “Aborigines” and “Han people” in Taiwan community. Wang Jia Siang evokes historic memories and ethnicism by writing aboriginal cultures. In fact, he represents aboriginal cultures in fictions in order to build utopia in his wilderness writings. How to represent “aboriginal cultures” through the forms of aborigines’ images？Aborigines’ images in Wang Jia Siang’s fictions are assorted in four types：(1) The anthropologist (2) The tribal hero (3)The aboriginal female (4) The postmodern body of aborigine. According to the analysis of aborigines’ images, this research has four conclusions about the features of Wang Jia Siang’s fictions：.The narrative of experimental ethnography..In terms of “assimilation” to interpret the interaction between Taiwan Pingpu and the Han people..In terms of “The aboriginal female” to symbolize Taiwan’s Mother..Reflecting the body concept of posthuman.
Subjects
Wang Jia Siang
Representation
Aborigines’Images
Aboriginal Maternal Cultures
Pingpu Conciousness
Experimental Ethnography
Post Human
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