美國女性作家朱威爾·戈麥斯於其首部小說《吉爾達故事》當中，細膩地描繪了主角吉爾達與其他女性間的情感連結與親密關係，建立了其情誼相伴以及歸屬感的基礎。而小說中不同的母性角色也對吉爾達之後自己的母性培塑與家族成立產生莫大的影響。作為女性情誼造就及母系血族同盟樹立的核心要素，母系/母性傳承的實踐便與傳授者及其承繼人的關係形成密切串聯。為開展、探究小說中動態的母系/母性承繼及其對後代的影響，本文將以小說中的女性情感連結與親密關係為切入點，首先呈現三位母性角色如何順利並成功進行典型的母系/母性傳承。接著，本文試圖探索母系/母性傳承的變化，揭露承襲過程中潛在的風險及挑戰，進一步揭示傳承者與繼承者因關係衝突及波折所導致人際中的暗流。透過討論特定例證，本文也將分析其他非傳統模式但仍富含意義的母系/母性傳承，以此突顯母系/母性承繼的多元性。最後，隨著小說主角的旅途將告一段落，本文將探討吉爾達如何從她先前經歷或目擊的傳承中學習，以及從她參與過的女性同盟中汲取經驗，最終成為一位母系/母性傳承者，並建立起以女性為中心且底蘊深厚的血族同盟。

Featuring a black lesbian vampire’s journey across time and space, Jewelle Gomez’s debut novel, The Gilda Stories, vividly depicts the female protagonist Gilda’s bonding and intimacy with other women, some of whom play the role of maternal figures contributing to Gilda’s later cultivation of her own maternity and women-centered vampire family. On this score, one of the key factors in forming interrelationships and building female groups lies in the transmission of matrilineal/maternal legacies because it may influence the bonding between the antecedent and the descendant and foster communities to expand. Regarding this, this thesis aims to delve into the diverse kinds of matrilineal/maternal legacy transmission to discuss the results induced by each distinct bonding between the two individuals involved and to see how the successful kinds can advance the expansion of the women-centered communities. This thesis firstly seeks to probe into how prototypical kinds of matrilineal/maternal legacy transmission are successfully and smoothly carried out by three maternal figures through their efforts to create and strengthen their female bonding with the offspring. Second, this thesis will distinguish certain anomalous cases from those typical ones referred to above by examining different variations of the kinds of legacy transmission. Such anomalous cases, entailing potential risks and challenges in handing down legacies, will be explicated to reveal the fluctuation and tension in a relationship between the antecedent and the descendant. Lastly, this thesis proposes to demonstrate how Gilda’s previous experience with legacy transmission and all-female communities motivates her to transform from an inheritor into a transmitter who builds her own women-centered vampire family.

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