瑪格麗特 • 愛特伍(Margaret Atwood)的作品《秀色可餐，1969》和《女祭司， 1976》具有豐富的飲食意象，因此激起我探討文中意涵的研究動機。本論文以食物及飲 食作為出發點，試圖探討女性與食物的關係，並進一步探究食物與社會所建構之女性角 色間的關聯。客體關係理論學者蘭西 • 雀朵洛 (Nancy Chodorow) 在其研究中質疑構 成母親職責的原因。究竟母親職責是先天生理構造?抑或是或心理建構所養成?由於女 性身體賦予生育及供給營養的能力，餵養和哺乳順理成章地轉化為女性的職責。實踐母 親之職責在小說裡女性角色身上顯現出被掏空的自我。本論文第一章探討飲食在小說 《秀色可餐》及《女祭司》中所呈現的意象 。此意象不僅彰顯社會對小說女性角色所 建構的女性特質期待，也呈現女性的次等身份。第二章將解讀食物在《秀色可餐》中所 描繪兩性在公共及家庭領域間明顯的不平等，並藉由雀朵洛的性別角色習得和認同理論 來分析女主角瑪麗安之柔順服從的性格及該角色對婚姻和母職的想法。我認為小說中瑪 麗安的厭食症和女人樣態的蛋糕，反映她的反抗姿態。第三章則聚焦在小說《女祭司》 中女主角瓊既暴食又厭食(bulimarexic)的狀態，及與母親的關係。從雀朵洛的客體關 係理論觀點，瓊的母親受到女性認同(feminine identification)的壓迫，被迫養育瓊， 因此瓊的母親衍生出矛盾的心態，她的愛恨糾結不僅影響她的扶養素質，另一方面，也 造成女兒異常的飲食行為。而瓊的飲食行為反映出她對母親強烈的情感。

With the overt motif of food and eating in Margaret Atwood’s The Edible Woman (1969) and Lady Oracle (1976), it is hard not to probe into the significant implications from the text. Using this perspective, the proceeding thesis explores the relationship between female and food; arguing food connects with the social construction of women’s roles. Nancy Chodorow’s object-relations theory questions whether maternity for women is biological or psychological. Owing to the biological fact that female bodies have the capacity to reproduce and provide nourishment for infants, feeding and mothering become women’s responsibilities. In Chapter One, I begin to identify the food-related imagery in The Edible Woman and Lady Oracle. I examine society’s expectations in terms of femininity for the female characters in the fiction, demonstrating women’s inferior identity. In Chapter Two, I decipher the food metaphors; portraying the tangible inequality between males and females in both the public and domestic spheres in The Edible Woman. I use Chodorow’s observations on gender role acquisition and identification to analyze Marian McAlpin’s (the heroine) level of compliance and her assumption of marriage and motherhood. To prove Marian’s resistance, I examine her anorexic appetite and the woman-shaped cake. Chapter Three concerns the other heroine, Joan Foster, and her “bulimarexic” appetite and the relationship with her mother in Lady Oracle. Applying Chodorow’s perspectives demonstrates that forced feminine identification creates ambivalence in motherhood for Joan’s mother. This not only affects the quality of parenting but also causes an unusual pattern in Joan’s diet.

Abstracts.......................................................................................................................i
Introduction...................................................................................................................1
Chapter One: The Representation of Food and Eating in The Edible Woman and
Lady Oracle..........................................................................................17
Chapter Two: Marian’s Anorexic Appetite and Feminine Identification in
The Edible Woman................................................................................37
Chapter Three: Joan’s “Bulimarexic” Appetite and the Mother-Daughter Relationship
in Lady Oracle.......................................................................................57
Conclusion....................................................................................................................81
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