Open    Access



On Black Feminism in The Help



Author(s)

HOU Xia

Full-Text PDF XML     664 Views

DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2019.02.004

Zhoukou Normal University, Henan, China 466000

The Help is regarded as one of the representative works reflecting the life of black women in the 21st century in the United States. It takes the real events in history as its material, and adds fictional characters and plots to express the author’s thoughts on the social status of black women and the social problems. In terms of class, race, and gender, the author finds that the plight of black women is constantly repeating and they are still living at the bottom of society. From the perspectives of class oppression, racial discrimination, and gender discrimination, this paper explores the marginalized living conditions of black women in the United States and their spiritual salvation, thus analyzes the Black Feminism reflected in The Help.

The Help, Black Feminism, gender discrimination, racial discrimination