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| Title: | 「地板上的塵埃」：論琳·諾塔奇《血汗》中的超越種族意識與個人抱負
“Grit on the Floor:” Transcending Racial Consciousness and Individual Aspiration in Lynn Nottage’s Sweat |
| Authors: | 陳思慧
Chen, Ssu-Hui |
| Contributors: | 姜翠芬
Jiang, Tsui-Fen
陳思慧
Chen, Ssu-Hui |
| Keywords: | 琳·諾塔奇
《血汗》
工人階級
團結
新自由主義
Lynn Nottage
Sweat
Solidarity
The working-class
Neoliberalism |
| Date: | 2025 |
| Issue Date: | 2025-08-04 15:37:53 (UTC+8) |
| Abstract: | 琳·諾塔奇(Lynn Nottage)是首位也是迄今唯一兩度榮獲普利茲戲劇獎的女性劇作家，她的作品聚焦在種族、階級與性別等社會議題，其中《血汗》於2017年再度得獎。本論文即以《血汗》做為文本來探討資本家如何透過操弄種族意識與個人抱負，使工人階級將怒火轉向彼此，而非挑戰真正的壓迫者，進而分化工人階級並加深對立。本文首先回顧藍領選民政治傾向的轉變，並以拉克勞與穆芙（Laclau and Mouffe）的等價鏈概念與吉哈爾（René Girard）替罪羊的論點，分析三個面向：第一，資方提拔少數族裔工人，利用種族差異以轉移矛頭；第二，分析新自由主義對個人成功的鼓吹是如何侵蝕團結，讓工人誤以為成功只能靠個人奮鬥；第三，即便劇中充滿誤解，諾塔奇在劇中仍藉由年輕一代的成長與角色間的關係，暗示團結的可能。最後，本文結合賓州當代草根運動，強調出路在於工人階級認清共同處境，強調工人階級唯有認清共同處境，超越種族意識與個人抱負，才能重建真正的團結。
As the first and only female playwright to have received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice, Lynn Nottage focuses on social issues intertwined with gender, class, and race. Sweat earned her the award in 2017. This thesis analyzes Sweat to examine how neoliberal society manipulates racial consciousness and individual aspiration, turning workers against one another rather than encouraging them to confront their true oppressors.
By doing so, this thesis reveals how such corporate strategies ultimately divide the working class. The thesis first reviews the relationship between workers and unions, as well as the political shift among blue-collar voters. It then draws on Laclau and Mouffe’s concept of the chain of equivalence and René Girard’s scapegoat theory to analyze the play from three perspectives. First, it explores how the promotion and hiring of characters like Cynthia and Oscar illustrate how management strategically exploits racial differences to fracture worker solidarity and deflect attention away from corporate responsibility. Second, it analyzes how neoliberalism’s emphasis on personal success undermines solidarity by convincing workers that individual effort is the only way out. Third, despite the pervasive misunderstandings and bleak conflicts in the play, Nottage subtly hints at the possibility of solidarity through the growth of the younger generation and the characters’ care for each other.
Finally, by connecting the play with contemporary labor movements in Reading, Pennsylvania, this thesis argues that meaningful solutions lie in rebuilding a chain of equivalence among workers from diverse racial backgrounds. |
| Reference: | Conlogue, Bill. Here and There: Reading Pennsylvania's Working Landscapes. Pennsylvania State University Press, 2013.
Evans, Peter B., and William H. Sewell, Jr. “Neoliberalism: Policy Regimes, International Regimes, and Social Effects.” Social Resilience in the Neoliberal Era, edited by Peter A. Hall and Michèle Lamont, Cambridge, 2013, pp. 35–68.
Girard, René. The Scapegoat. Translated by Yvonne Freccero. Johns Hopkins UP, 1989.
Howard, Jean E. “Interview with Lynn Nottage.” PMLA, vol. 129, no. 4, 2014, pp. 847-849.
Kasmir, Sharryn. “On Difference and Combination: Reading Berks County and Labor as a Political Entity.” Dialectical Anthropology, vol. 47, no. 2, 2023, pp. 219–
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Nottage, Lynn. Sweat. Theatre Communications Group, 2017.
Newman, Lainey, and Theda Skocpol. Rust Belt Union Blues: The Rise of the Anti-Union Working Class. Columbia, 2023.
“Our Collective Ignorance About the Rust Belt Is Getting Dangerous.” Time, 30 Mar. 2018, https://time.com/5225497/rust-belt-history/.
Schulman, Michael.“The First Theatrical Landmark of the Trump Era.” The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2017, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/27/the-first-theatrical-landmark-of-the-trump-era.
“Sweat, n.” Oxford English Dictionary Online, June 2025, https://www.oed.com/dictionary/sweat_n. Accessed 8 July 2025. |
| Description: | 碩士
國立政治大學
英國語文學系
111551005 |
| Source URI: | http://thesis.lib.nccu.edu.tw/record/#G0111551005 |
| Data Type: | thesis |
| Appears in Collections: | [英國語文學系] 學位論文
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