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1、Backgroundof EverydayUse英语1091姚莉胡慧1★Theshortstory★★BlackPowerMovement★CivilRightsMovement(1955-1968)★AfricanAmericans★Othermovements★AmericanCivilWar(1861-1865)★origin★★slavery★Terms2StoryBackgroundTheshortstory“EverydayUse”,fromthecollectionInLoveandTroublepubli
2、shedin1973,waswrittenduringtheheydayoftheBlackPowermovement,whenAfrican-Americansweretryingtogainracialequalityandcalledforself-determinationandracialdignity.African-Americanshortstoriesofthisperiodoftendealtwithproblematicissueslikeseparation,integrationandredef
3、initionoftheAfricanAmericanpast.BlackswereseekingtheirculturalrootsinAfrica,theslogan“Blackisbeautiful”andtheAfrohairstylearose.EverydayUseisAliceWalker’sanswertothesocialdiscourseofthattime,especiallyconcerningtheAfricanAmericanconceptofheritageandidentity.31.Wr
4、ittenin1973andincludedintheNortonAnthologyofShortFiction（诺顿短篇小说集）.2.Oneofthebest-writtenshortstoriesbyAliceWalker,describingthreewomen.3.Themotherisaworkingwomanwithoutmucheducation,butnotwithoutintelligenceorperception.Thetwodaughtersfromasharpcontrastineverycon
5、ceivableway:appearance,character,personalexperience,etc.AbouttheStory4Everydayuse,astoryaddressesitselftothedilemmaofAfricanAmericanswho,instrivingtoescapeprejudiceandpoverty,riskaterriblederacination（隔离）,asunderingfromallthathassustainedanddefinedthem.Aboutthest
6、ory5Throughthetitleofhershortstory,AliceWalkerconceptuallyexpressesherwarinessoftheBlackPowerMovement.Duringthemid-1960’s,youngblackAfricanAmericansproclaimedtheywouldnolongerbeoppressedbytheircurrentlifestyleandbegantocelebrateAfricanculturebyexploitingitforexot
7、icnamesandethnicappeal.Aboutthestory6African-Americanhistorystartsinthe16thcentury,withAfricanslaveswhoquicklyroseupagainsttheSpanishexplorerLucasVásquezdeAyllónandprogressestothepresentday,whenBarackObamahasbeenelectedasthe44thandcurrentPresidentoftheUnitedState
8、s.AfricanAmericans intheUnitedStatesfaceddiscrimination,segregation,andstereotyping,especiallyintheSouthernandMidwesternUnitedstatesfordecadesaftertheAmericanC
