多元文化语境中的身份认同研究——以丽贝卡·沃克在其自传体小说中的身份建构为考察对象

On Identity in Multicultural Context——Taking Rebecca Walker′s identity construction in her autobiographical novels as the research object

我国学术领域对丽贝卡·沃克及其作品的研究比较少,而丽贝卡·沃克在美国是一位较有影响的人物。文章以美国多元文化为背景,以身份认同理论和“他者”理论为依据,从丽贝卡·沃克自传体小说中主人公三种身份困惑入手,分析主人公困惑的原因、身份寻求的艰辛过程与最终黑人身份的建构历程。研究结果,既可以让读者更好地了解在美国多元文化背景下多族裔身份群体的真实生存状况,也可以认识美国多元文化对混血儿群体的身份建构所产生的积极影响,还能够对生活在多元文化语境中群体的身份定位、世界观和人生观的确立以及不同种族之间的融合提供借鉴。

There is little research on Rebecca Walker and her works in the academic field of China, although Rebecca Walker is an influential figure in the United States. Based on the American multicultural background, identity theory and "the other" theory, this article starts with the three kinds of identity confusion of the protagonists in Rebecca Walker′s autobiographical novels, and analyzes the causes of the protagonists′ confusion, the arduous process of identity seeking, and the construction of the ultimate black identity. The research results can not only enable readers to better understand the real survival situation of multi-ethnic identity groups under the multicultural background of the United States, but also understand the positive impact of American multiculturalism on the identity construction of mixed-race groups, while providing reference for the identity positioning of groups living in the multicultural context, the establishment of world outlook and outlook on life, and the integration of different races.