美好永远的背后
Behind the beautiful forevers
Katherine Boo · 初版 2011 年
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讲述了在21世纪一座极不平等的大都市中，数个家庭为追求更美好生活而奋斗的戏剧性且时而令人心碎的故事。这本节奏明快的书基于长达三年的深入客观报道，将一个充满全球变革与不平等的令人困惑的时代具象为人性体验。Annawadi 是靠近孟买机场的豪华酒店阴影下的一处临时定居点，随着印度开始繁荣，Annawadi 居民满怀希望、心潮澎湃。善于反思且富有进取心的穆斯林少年 Abdul 在富人丢弃的可回收垃圾中看到了财富。而 Asha 这位极具机智且心机深邃的女性……
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……以言论主体为代价，而是因为这样做剥夺了某些话题和人物在被描绘或自我描绘时应有的一些灵活性。《美丽的永恒背后》（Behind the Beautiful Forevers）里的那段摘录就是一个很有说服力的例子，它展现了平权语言（equity language）是如何剥夺话语权、从而与其宣称的初衷背道而驰的。那段文字之所以有力，是因为它意在传达父母们……
…the expense of the subject of the speech, but because in doing that, they deny some flexibility in how certain topics and persons can be portrayed or portray themselves. The example of the passage from Behind the Beautiful Forevers is compelling in how it illustrates how equity language can be disenfranchising and therefore counter to its own stated purposes. The passage works because it is meant to convey something about the parents'…
……在这方面做得很到位，但我们很少有人能做到，因为那是极具领域针对性的知识，很难精准把握。拿这类指南去往《美丽的永恒背后》（Behind the Beautiful Forevers）这样的书上套，简直是不诚实加博眼球。一份传播指南跟图书创作有什么关系？这篇文章说白了就是一个拉长了的稻草人谬误。顺便说一句，塞拉俱乐部（Sierra Club）指南的第一句话就阐明了它的设计目的：……
…getting it right here, but few of us do, because that's highly domain-specific knowledge and tricky to nail down. It's downright dishonest and sensationalistic to apply one of these guides to a book like Behind the Beautiful Forevers. What does a communications guide have to do with book authorship? The article is really just an extended straw man argument. BTW, the first sentence of the Sierra Club guide explains it's intended purpose:…
”但《美丽的永恒背后》（Behind the Beautiful Forevers）里的人心里清楚自己很穷；他们可消费不起那些把自己包裹起来的轻柔委婉语。对于生活在真实痛苦中的人来说，平权语言骗不了任何人。它的存在，只不过是为了照顾那些……人的感受罢了。
” But the people in Behind the Beautiful Forevers know they’re poor; they can’t afford to wrap themselves in soft sheets of euphemism. Equity language doesn’t fool anyone who lives with real afflictions. It’s meant to spare only the feelings of those…