《紫颜色》是美国黑人女性主义批评家爱丽丝.沃克的代表作,它实践了沃克妇女主义的理想。小说以书信的形式包罗了黑人社区生活的方方面面,反映黑人女性生活苦难的同时,也讴歌了她们的高尚品德、优秀传统和美好的精神境界。 “Purple Color” is the representative of American black feminist critic Alice Walker, who practiced Walker’s ideal of womanism. In the form of correspondence, the novel includes all aspects of black community life, reflecting the hardships of black women’s lives as well as singing their noble virtues, excellent traditions and beautiful spiritual realms.