性别含混是《特莱庞的爱情》中人物的一个显著特征。尤特夏/艾迪/伊迪斯在性别上的含混与矛盾其实是后殖民语境下个体身份不确定性的一个隐喻。小说中,个体处于游离状态,在男性与女性之间、中心与边缘之间、个体与社会之间表现出难以安顿的复杂处境,在更深层次上体现的是精神家园的缺失和个体身份的焦虑。 Sexual ambiguity is a striking feature of the characters in Treiber’s Love. The gender-specific ambiguity and contradictions of Utexi / Eddie / Eddie are in fact metaphors for the uncertainty of individual identity in post-colonial contexts. In the novel, the individual is in a state of freedom, exhibiting a complex situation that is difficult to settle between men and women, between the center and the edge, and between the individual and the society, and on a deeper level is the absence of the spiritual home and the individual anxiety .