一、“他者”身份在后殖民社会中的境遇《紫色》讲述的是一个黑人女孩茜莉的成长历程中经历的种种阵痛,以及她从压抑自我,迷失自我到寻找自我,肯定自我的道路。作者以茜莉的一生作为贯穿全书的主线,以妇女主义的视角诠释了黑人女性被压迫的惨痛和黑暗的现实,提出了一些解决的办法。《紫色》中,茜莉的“他者”的处境是种族压迫和性别压迫造成的。种族歧视和压迫渗透着黑人生活的每个角落。在沃克看来,黑人女性所受的压迫首先表现在两性关系上。 First, the “Other ” status in post-colonial society “Purple” tells the story of a black girl Cailie experienced the pain of growth, and her from self-repression, self-esteem to find themselves, affirmed self path of. The author, with her life as the main thread running through the book, expounds the cruelty and darkness of black women being oppressed from the perspective of womenism and puts forward some solutions. In “Purple,” Syli’s “Other” is caused by racial oppression and gender oppression. Racism and oppression permeate every corner of black life. In Walker’s view, the black women suffered the first manifestation of oppression in the relationship between the sexes.