The Power of Culture in “Everyday Use”
Abstract
Alice Walker is a famous black American woman writer, and she is also the first black woman who has received the Pulitzer Prize. From Walker’s works, we can get her deep concern about the construction of the harmonious and equal relationship between the blacks and the whites, between men and women, the relationship among the blacks, and the value of women, what’s more, the way to view the culture heritage. We can also read out the anxiety about how the African Americans survive through the culture oppression. In “Everyday Use”, there are two kinds of oppressions: the institutionalized oppression, and the internalized oppression. These oppressions have caused Mama and Maggie’s low self-esteem and Dee’s unhomeliness. Dee will be forever unhomed, while Mama and Maggie find their way for survival through their deep understanding of their culture and their sense of culture belonging.
Key Words: the white culture; black American culture; culture oppression; culture belonging; unhomeliness
摘 要
艾丽斯•沃克是美国著名黑人女作家，也是第1个获得普利策奖的黑人女作家。从她的作品中，我们可以读出她对如何构建和谐平等的黑人与白人、男人与女人、黑人的'内部关系和对妇女价值的深层思考以及对如何正确看待历史文化遗产，美国黑人如何找到自己的生存之道的深沉忧虑。在《日用家当》中,占主流地位的白人文化对美国黑人在制度上和精神上所产生的压迫10分显著，造成了文中主人公妈妈和麦琪的自卑和迪的离散心态。迪成为永久的文化流浪者，而妈妈与麦琪则通过对美国黑人文化的理解和文化归属感找到生存之道。
关键词：白人文化、美国黑人文化、文化压迫、文化归属感、文化流浪者
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