声明
Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
Contents
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Introduction to Alice Walker and Meridian
1.2 Background of This Research
1.3 Structure of This Research
Chapter Two Renew of Literature
2.1 The Current Research about Postcolonial Feminism in Literature
2.2 The Current Research about Alice Walker at Home and Abroad
2.3 The Current Research about Meridian from the Perspective of Postcolonial Feminism at Home and Abroad
Chapter Three Black Women’s Dilemma in Meridian
3.1 Black Women’s Low Social Status
3.1.1 Colonial Rules
3.1.2 Patriarchal Oppression
3.2 Black Women’s Low Status in Meridian
3.2.1 Meridian as a Soeial Member
3.2.2 Meridian as a Family Member
3.3 Black Women as Identity Losers in Meridian
3.3.1 As Neither a Daughter nor a Mother
3.3.2 As a Black Culture Identity Loser
Chapter Four Black Women’s Struggle in Meridian
4.1 As a Civil Rights Activist in the Society
4.1.1 Civil Rights Movement in American History
4.1.2 Civil Rights Movement in Meridian
4.2 As an Independent Woman Far away from Family
4.2.1 Temporal Escape from the Responsibility of a Wife
4.2.2 Temporal Escape from the Responsibility of a Mother
4.3 As an Identity Seeker back to Hometown
4.3.1 As Both a Daughter and a Mother
4.3.2 Music and Church as Representatives of Black Culture
Chapter Five Black Women’s Achievement of Identity in Meridian
5.1 Meridian’s Triumph as a Black Woman
5.1.1 Acceptance by the Society
5.1.2 Acceptance by the Family
5.2 Meridian’s Triumph as a Successor of Black Culture
5.2.1 As an Inheritor of Her Maternal Ancestors’ Intelligences
5.2.2 As an Inheritor of Black Cnlture
Chapter Six Conclusion
6.1 The Significance of This Research
6.2 The Contribution of This Research
6.3 The Limitations of This Research
References
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