种族 性别 身份——论《梅丽迪安》中艾丽斯·沃克的种族观

Race·Sexuality·Identity——Alice Walker's Ideas on Race in Meridian

美国是一个多种族国家,种族经验成为了美国人生活的主题之一。作为一个对政治敏感的作家,艾丽斯.沃克从种族经验入手,对《梅丽迪安》中的黑白困惑和身份问题进行了探讨,通过跨种族关系的确立来建构黑人的种族身份。这种对种族生存现状和问题的探讨,体现了沃克对黑人的人文关怀,为解决黑人当下面临的政治?经济和文化问题提供了有益的思考。

Race is central to American experience. America has always been a land of racial diversity. As a political writer, Walker explores the perplexity of blaekness and whiteness and racial identity, means to build the racial identity through the construction of interracial relationship. Such focus on the racial condition and problems fully embodies Walker＇ s human concern on black people, and it provides a useful solution for other writers.