莫里森早期小说的头发微观政治与男性身体叙事

Title： The Micro-politics of Hair and the Male Bodily Narrative in Toni Morrison’s Early Novels

Abstract： In Toni Morrison's early fiction， hair transcends the traditional feminist framework and becomes a key signifier in deciphering the aesthetic dilemmas and African American men’s quest for subjectivity.Focusing on Beloved， Tar Baby，and Song of Solomon， this paper analyzes how Morrison employs hair as a distinct bodily narrative to chart black men’s path to selfhood.It argues that Paul D's ambivalence toward hair mirrors his transition from internalizing white standards toward cultural reclamation. Son， through his “counter-gaze，” weaponizes his braids to dismantle thefixed racial signification， whereas Milkman's ethical assumption of responsibility for Haggar's hair transforms it into a spiritual medium for redemption and communal memory. Thus， Morrison forges a“poetics of hair”，rooted in the body's folds， where each strand becomes a critical gauge for measuring the depth of power's inscription and the resilience of subjective resistance.

Key words： Toni Morrison; hair politics; bodily discipline; counter-gaze; subjectivity

Author： Li Mingjiao，Ph. D.， is lecturer at the College of Foreign Languages and Cultures， Guangdong University of Education （Guangzhou 51O303， China）. Her research mainly focuses on contemporary English literature. E-mail： limingjiao@gdei.edu.cn

在非裔群体的文化斗争中，头发始终铭刻着身份政治的深刻烙印。（剩余13853字）