Seeking Spatial Justice: The Dilemma, Struggle and Vision of Clybourne Park

Frontiers of Theatre Studies

FTS, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2026, pp.10-17.

Print ISSN: 3106-8073; Online ISSN: 3106-8081

Journal homepage: https://www.ftsjournal.com

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64058/fts260102ssjds

追寻空间正义：《克莱伯恩公园》的困境、抗争与愿景

罗茜 (Luo Qian)，孔瑞 (Kong Rui)

摘要：当代美国戏剧家布鲁斯·诺里斯的《克莱伯恩公园》荣获普利策戏剧奖、托尼奖及奥利弗奖等多项大奖。该剧通过半世纪内同一社区的两起黑人房产交易，揭示美国种族问题的复杂性与持久性。本文聚焦《克莱伯恩公园》的空间正义研究：空间非正义的表征展现非裔群体困境，揭露种族偏见的荒谬性；空间非正义的反抗彰显不公主题，反映非裔群体寻求空间正义的艰难与决心；空间正义的愿景揭示平等思想，传达出对种族之间和谐共生，构建空间正义的期盼。

关键词：布鲁斯·诺里斯；《克莱伯恩公园》；空间正义

作者简介：罗茜，山西师范大学外国语学院英语语言文学硕士研究生，电子邮箱：2632596623@qq.com；孔瑞（通讯作者），博士，山西师范大学外国语学院教授、硕士生导师，研究方向：当代美国戏剧，电子邮箱：ruiruikong@126.com。

Title: Seeking Spatial Justice: The Dilemma, Struggle and Vision of Clybourne Park

Abstract: The contemporary American playwright Bruce Norris’s Clybourne Park has won numerous awards such as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award, and the Olivier Award. Through two incidents of black family property transactions that occurred in the same park community over a period of fifty years, the play reveals the complexity and persistence of racial issues in American society. This article focuses on the spatial justice research of Clybourne Park: The representation of spatial injustice showcases the plight of the African American community and exposes the absurdity of racial prejudice; the resistance of spatial injustice highlights the theme of injustice and reflects the difficulty and determination of the African American community in seeking spatial justice; the vision of spatial justice reveals the idea of equality and conveys the expectation of building spatial justice among races through harmonious coexistence.

Keywords: Bruce Norris; Clybourne Park; spatial justice

Author Biographies: Luo Qian, Master’s student in English Language and Literature at the School of Foreign Languages, Shanxi Normal University. E-mail: 2632596623@qq.com. Kong Rui (corresponding author), Ph.D., Professor and Master’s Supervisor at the School of Foreign Languages, Shanxi Normal University. Research Interests: Contemporary American Drama. E-mail: ruiruikong@126.com.