美国黑人女性主义文学发源于奴隶制时期,伴随着西方反种族运动的崛起而发展。早期的黑人女性主义文学以黑人族群文学这一整体形式而出现,这一时期的黑人女性形象与黑人男性文学中的女性形象相差不大。随着西方女权主义运动的高涨,黑人女性逐渐从男性的牢笼中挣脱出来,同时作为少数族裔,她们的书写呈现出有别于白人女性的独特性。美国黑人女性主义者是一个特殊的人群,专指那些拥有女性主义意识的非洲裔美国女性。[1]她们在文学作品中刻画的黑 Afro-American feminist literature originated in the period of slavery and developed along with the rise of western anti-racial movement. The early black feminist literature appeared in the overall form of black ethnic literature. The black female images in this period were not different from the female images in black male literature. As the Western feminist movement soared, black women gradually escaped from men’s coffins, and as a minority, their writings showed distinctiveness different from white women. Afro-American feminists are a special group of people who specifically refer to African-American women who are feminist. [1] The black they portrayed in literary works