《模仿者》是唯·苏·奈保尔的一部政治性小说,该小说包含文化研究的许多重要主题如:跨文化,身份认同等。本文从斯图亚特·霍尔的身份认同理论分析小说主人公辛格找寻w身份认同失败的原因。导致辛格身份认同失败既有外因也有内因。而对于这样处于多元文化背景下的人物来说,学会接受斯图亚特·霍尔所提出的差异文化身份才是他们找到稳定与持续性生活方式的有效途径。 Impersonator is the political novel of Sue Naipaul, which contains many important topics of cultural studies such as cross-cultural identity and identity. This paper analyzes Stuart Hall’s identity theory to find out the reasons for the failure of identity identification. Singh failed to identify both internal and external causes. For such people in a multicultural context, learning to accept the cultural identity differentiated by Stuart Hall is an effective way for them to find a stable and sustainable way of life.