“Suicide machine” seekers: transgressing suicidal taboos online

Internet-mediated joint suicides or “Net group suicides” (Net shinjū) has become a significant social problem in Japan since 2002. Despite a privileged view of suicide-related cyberspaces as a murky underworld, there has been little study about how the participants of such spaces interact and perform their “suicidal” identity. Viewing cyberspace as a unique discursive playground that sprouts a myriad of transgressive narratives, this paper examines “Suicide Club” (Jisatsu Club) an online discussion forum that facilitated the largest “Net group suicide” in Japanese history. A thematic content analysis of actual postings on “Suicide Club” reveals the double-edged nature of the forum. While some participants were determined to seek suicide companions or what I metaphorically call “suicide machines,” others used the board as a social outlet to freely disclose their pent-up struggles, attempting to collectively transgress social taboos of suicide.

The Aftermath of Hurtful Events: Cognitive,Communicative, and Relational Outcomes

Relational satisfaction and stability following discovered incidents of relational betrayal were investigated. Predictions from Social Exchange Theory, specifically Rusbult's Investment Model, were tested along with the effects of communication strategies. Participants (N = 155) completed a questionnaire about a recalled betrayal. Inconsistent with the investment model, relational satisfaction was the best predictor of relational stability. Generally, the more committed and invested the offender, the more likely the reported use of communication repair strategies. The likelihood of apologies, accepting responsibility, and promising change also increased with the severity of the betrayal. Only promising change was related to post-betrayal relational satisfaction.     

希斯克厉夫的爱情悲剧解析

《呼啸山庄》是英国作家艾米丽·勃朗特一生所写的唯一一部小说,小说中希斯克里夫和凯瑟琳那跌宕起伏的爱情悲剧无时不在撞击着人们的心灵。问世以来一直受到学术界的关注和争论。论文以雅克·拉康的原乐伦理学为理论依据,以僭越理论为切入点,进而探讨希斯克里夫的爱情悲剧。     

论明中后期温州地区的民俗偏离现象

由于社会结构及人们心态的变化,明中后期温州地区出现了大量的民俗偏离现象。既有人对民俗的偏离,又存在民俗对人的偏离,这两种类型的偏离既相互区别,又存在一定的联系。本文试利用文人笔记、地方志等温州地方文献资料,从民俗偏离的角度来理解明中后期温州地区社会风尚的变迁。     

“他者”的倒置与文化抵抗——《权力与荣耀》中的后殖民主义话语特征

根据后殖民主义理论中的“他者”概念与赛义德的文化抵抗理论,格雷厄姆·格林的小说《权力与荣耀》对后殖民的叙述主要体现为“他者”身份的倒置和反教背景下意识形态抵抗的隐喻。小说颠覆了传统的“他者”形象,同时真实展现了第三世界国家在后殖民时代面临的现实和作为“非殖民化运动”重要部分的文化抵抗。     

The Trouble with Aileen Wuornos,Feminism's “First Serial Killer”

Lesbian prostitute Aileen Wuornos was popularly termed “America's first female serial killer.” Between 1989 and 1990, she killed six men, later testifying they had raped or attempted to rape her. By analyzing media coverage of Wuornos’ story, I argue that Wuornos’ incommensurability with available stories of women who kill illustrates the need to expand the rhetorical resources that make female violence and victimage intelligible. After demonstrating that Wuornos’ gender transgressions were disciplined into intelligible terms by understandings of criminality as an already spatial and gendered category, I conclude by discussing the “trouble” Wuornos poses to feminist and queer cultural politics.     

俗民个体的越轨行为与新文化的生成

越轨行为的发生是在俗民个体为主体的核心引导中于时空的双重作用下,在俗民群体内发生的连锁反应。习俗规范的传承奠定了俗民个体越轨行为的顺时性,人类生存的不同分布奠定了俗民个体越轨行为的地域性,俗民越轨后的影响及其对正常生活的追求导致了越轨行为的回归性,而俗民个体越轨行为的后果却是某些新文化得以形成的机缘。