Visible Landscapes and Invisible Scars: Wilderness Writing and Racial Silencing in <i>My First Summer in the Sierra</i>

约翰·缪尔的《夏日走过山间》以日记形式讲述了作者1869年夏季在内华达山脉的生态考察实践。该书通过地质观测、博物志书写与牧歌叙事的交织，建构起一套以荒野为核心的生态美学体系。在诗意荒野的背后，潜藏着的是对少数族裔的边缘化现象。这种“荒野崇拜”既将自然客体化为审美对象，又将栖居于此少数族裔排斥于生态主体之外。分析《夏日走过山间》中的荒野描写以及其中对少数族裔系统性消音，可以超越传统审美批评范式，探索包容多元声音的生态正义叙事。John Muir’s My First Summer in the Sierra chronicles the author’s ecological exploration of the Nevada Mountains during the summer of 1869 in diary form. Through the interplay of geological observations, natural history documentation, and pastoral narratives, the text constructs an ecological aesthetic framework centered on wilderness. Behind the poetic portrayal of nature lies the marginalization of ethnic minorities. This “worship of wilderness” not only objectifies nature as an aesthetic entity but also excludes indigenous communities from ecological subjectivity by analyzing wilderness depictions and the systematic silencing of ethnic minorities. This study transcends traditional aesthetic criticism to explore ecological justice narratives that embrace diverse voices.