在现今既定的文学秩序中 ,美国黑人文学远离主流文学的审美趣味 ,这构成了它的“边缘”品格。从社会地位看 ,美国黑人妇女是“边缘的边缘”。她们长期处于被迫沉默的状态。她们的作品不是被抹杀 ,就是被误读。所幸的是 ,在 2 0世纪 60年代美国女权运动的推动下 ,黑人妇女开始以 In today’s established literary order, Afro-American literature is far removed from the aesthetic taste of mainstream literature, which constitutes its “marginal” character. From a social standpoint, black women in the United States are “marginalized.” They have long been in a state of silence. Their work is either denied or misread. Fortunately, driven by the American feminist movement in the 1960s, black women started