谁是他者——解读《日用家当》中黑人的身份认同

Who is the "Other"——On the black cultural identification in Everyday Use

在《日用家当》中,作者把家庭设定为叙事的背景,通过对母亲、大女儿迪伊和小女儿麦基这三个黑人女性之间相互关系的描写和形象的刻画,入木三分地使家庭呈现为文化冲突的场所。从母女对待白人主流文化和黑人传统文化的态度出发,揭示出黑人作为美国社会的少数族裔,在身份认同上的困惑与无奈以及黑人游离于主流社会之外的边缘人和他者的社会现实。

Set within a family, Everyday Use illustrates the interplay between mother, Maggie and Dee, presenting a vivid picture of the three characters and making the family the focus of cultural conflicts. This paper is to uncover the puzzlement and illusion of the Black as an ethnic minority group when constructing their cultural identity in American society as well as the reality that the black are marginalized and seen as ＂other＂ by the White dominant society.