沃克小说中“缝制百纳被”的文化隐喻与美国非裔女性文化

Cultural Metaphor of Sewing Patchwork Quilts in Alice Walker's Novel and Culture of African-American Women

缝制百纳被虽是黑人女性日常生活中从事的一项普通的家庭手工艺活动,却是代表非裔女性文化与民族身份的一个文化隐喻,展现了其优秀的民俗文化,审美情趣和核心价值观。本文将创造性地借用Martin Gannon在2001年提出的文化隐喻理论框架,深入剖析沃克小说中"缝制百纳被"的文化内涵,并进而揭示它所隐喻的美国非裔女性无穷的创造力和深厚的姐妹情谊。

Sewing patchwork quilts is one of the common family handicraft activities among African Ameri‐can women ,yet it is an important cultural metaphor of African American women's culture and their ethnic identity ,representing their outstanding ethnic culture ,aesthetic perception and core values .Based on the theoretic framework of cultural metaphors proposed by Martin Gannon ,an in‐depth analysis of the cultural implications of sewing patchwork quilts in Alice Walker's novels was carried out ,namely ,infinite creativi‐ty and profound sisterhood among African‐American women .