Abstract

While many celebrate Mae West as a sex symbol and feminist icon, she wrote herself into a mentoring role during the Great Depression as well. Few remember that West wrote or cowrote most of her own scripts, and in those parts—as well as in other nonfiction writing—she counseled women, young people, even a congregation. Among the messages in her themes, characterizations, plotlines, and dialogue emerged a pastoral one in which her character instructed others in a manner that might—in today’s parlance—be termed life coach.

中文翻译：

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“性与它无关”：作为指导偶像的梅·韦斯特

摘要

虽然许多人将 Mae West 视为性感象征和女权主义偶像，但她在大萧条期间也将自己写成了指导角色。很少有人记得韦斯特自己编写或共同编写的大部分剧本，在这些部分——以及在其他非小说类作品中——她为女性、年轻人甚至会众提供咨询。在她的主题、人物塑造、情节线和对话中的信息中，出现了一种田园式的信息，其中她的角色以一种可能——用今天的话说——被称为生活教练的方式指导他人。