本論文將以當代美國女性作家兼評論家羅蓓卡•華克(Rebecca Walker) 的回憶錄《黑人、白人、猶太人》 (Black White and Jewish) 為文本，探討身為黑白混血主體的故事主角如何在標榜種族純化 (racial purity) 與人種偏見 (racism) 的意識形態與族群論述當中建構身分認同。跨越種族疆界之際，華克看似遭受社會的雙重歧視與異化，然則，其流動而含糊的混血身分非但反映出族群分野乃權力操控下的政治產物，亦提供解構身分恆定與種族絕對論之可能性。透過對其越界身分的認同，華克或能從種族歧視的桎梏中自我解放。

This thesis attempts to read Rebecca Walker's memoir Black White and Jewish as an investigation into the problematic of the social construct of race. It begins with an elaboration on the society's phobia about racial amalgamation owing to its potentiality to alter color boundaries, which are maintained through the manipulation of power. Born in a society where racial purity is highly postulated, Walker encounters an identity crisis that renders her double alienated and marginalized. What follows, thereby, is an examination of the identity formation of Walker as a mixed black and white individual, as well as a discussion of how racial hybridity may challenge essentialist racialization. With its fluidity and ambiguity, Walker's mixed race identity turns out to contest and further destabilize the immutability, stability, and homogeneity of essentializing racial categories. By cherishing the boundary-crossing capability a multiracial possesses, Walker could liberate herself from the shackles of the trauma of racism.

Chapter One
Introduction: Hybridity and the Color Line 1
Chapter Two
Neither Black nor White: In Search of a Mixed Race Identity 19
Chapter Three
Shifting Politics: Marginality, Transferability, and Flexibility 38
Chapter Four
Visualizing the Invisible: Rearticulating the Identity of Minorities 56
Chapter Five
Conclusion 77
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