From the Emotion of the Object to the Discipline of the Symbol:Re-discussion on the Subjectivity of A Pair of Stockings
The existing interpretation of A Pair of Stockings has mainly formed the different logic of feminism and consumerism,two irreconcilable opposites of subject awakening and subject digestion are obtained.The common problem with these interpretations is that they simplify Mrs.Summers's multiple relationships and processes with things,and in particular ignore the starting point of Mrs.Summers's consumption activities,that is to say,the complexity of the relationship with the stockings:Mrs.Summers's touching of the stockings is based on the throbbing sensation of the body,which points to the possibility of action and the creation of the subject.But in the following aesthetic consumption and information consumption,the concrete object is sepa-rated from the possessive relation with the individual,the emotion is taken into the representation,and is re-constructed into the aesthetic and perceptual symbolic experience in the commodity world,the subject is also disciplined in this kind of consumption logic,which refers to the experiential pleasure of consumption in the atmosphere-building and the information with the sense of distinction.