关键词: 身份表演, 种族身份伪装, 女性面具, 文化身份

Abstract: “Identity performance” is a new theoretical term recently introduced into the study of AfricanAmerican literature. It not only provides a unique perspective on social ills such as racial oppression， but also becomes a new stronghold for black writers to wage war on entrenched ethnic identities. In God Help the Child， Morrison focuses on the African ethnic groups in the modern American society， describes the performance of AfricanAmerican females under the double oppression of racism and patriarchy， analyzes the power discourse behind identity performance， reveals the falsity and essentialism of ethnic identity， and affirms the multiplicity， fluidity of identity.

Key words: identity performance, racial passing, womanliness masquerade, cultural identity