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1、EconomiesandDesire:GiftsandtheMarketin"MomentsofBeing:'Slater'sPinsHaveNoPoints'"Simpson,Kathryn,1967-JournalofModernLiterature,Volume28,Number2,Winter2005,pp.18-37(Article)PublishedbyIndianaUniversityPressDOI:10.1353/jml.2005.0033Foradditionalinformationaboutthisarticlehttp://muse.jhu
2、.edu/journals/jml/summary/v028/28.2simpson.htmlAccessProvidedbyUniversityofScience__ACCESS_STATEMENT__TechnologyBeijingat05/10/129:46AMGMTEconomiesandDesire:GiftsandtheMarketin“MomentsofBeing:‘Slater’sPinsHaveNoPoints’”1KathrynSimpsonUniversityofBirmingham(UK)WOOLF,THEMARKET,ANDGIFTSor
3、welloveradecadetherehasbeenasustainedcriticalinterestinVir-FginiaWoolf’sambivalentengagementswiththeliterarymarketplaceandcommodityculturewhichhasopenedupexcitingnewwaysofreadingWoolf’swritings.ExistingcritiqueselucidateWoolf’scomplexandcontradic-toryengagementwithmarketeconomiesandrel
4、atethistothesexualandclasspoliticsofherwriting,toherownpracticeofpublication,toherpersonalatti-tudetothecommercialworld,andtohersenseofherselfasamodernistwriter.²Asco-ownerofTheHogarthPressandasawomanwriterintentonmakingmoneyfromherpen,Woolfwasinterestedinmarketsandprofitmargins.³Salesfi
5、guresfeaturesignificantlyinherDiaries,asbothamarkerofherartisticachievementandanindicationofherfinancialsuccess.Clearly,profitsfromherworkenabledhertogaingreaterfinancialindependence,tohavepurchasingpower,andtoexperiencethepleasureofcommodityculture.However,shealsofeltconsiderablyuncomfort
6、ableaboutherownplaceinthecommercialworld(herwritingforVogue,forinstance,broughtanxietyandconcernaboutthedebasementthatmassproductionandcommercialismcanimply).⁴ForWoolf,participationinthemarketandbeingactiveinthepublicdomainarealsoclearlyboundupwithherfeministpolitics,butinaproblematicw
7、ay.Suchparticipationinthepublicrealmisseenaspartoftheexperienceofmodernityfromwhichwomenshouldnotbeexcluded.Hertextscap-turetheimpactoftheseaspectsofmodernityonperceptionandexperience,andparticipationinthemarketasshopper/consumerfiguressignificantly(ifMomentsofBeing19sometimesambivalen