AbstractZadieSmith,aBritishimmigrantwriter,hasalwaysbeenconcernedaboutthesurvivaloffemaleimmigrantsinherworks.WhiteTeethisatypicalworkofSmithonthethirdworldwomenmigrants.Today,withtheintegrationoftheworldpattern,multiculturalcoexistenceisthenecessaryresultofglobalization.However,themulticulturalismdoesnotreducetheprejudiceanddiscriminationtoethnicminorityfromthewhitepeopleinBritain;theirculture,whichisinaweakposition,hasbeensqueezedoutofBritishsociety,andthecultureisfacingthedangeroflosingitsidentityandbeingassimilatedbymainstreamculture.Theethnicminorityfemaleimmigrants,complexion,birthplaceandreligionincreasethedegreeofdifficultytoconstructtheirethnicidentityandnationalidentityinthewhitemainstreamsociety.Thisarticleisdividedintofourparts.Inthispaper,throughtheanalysisofmajorcharactersinthenovelimage,especiallythefemalecharacters,andshowthediscriminationandoppressionofminoritiesbyimmigrantsintheWesternsociety,especiallyfemaleimmigrantsenduredthesocial,racialandsexualoppression,andexpresstheadvocateofbeyondreligion,raceandgenderdifferences,andtheexpectationofaharmoniousmulti-culturalsociety.KeyWords:ZadieSmith;femaleimmigrants;minority;identity;Multiculturalism摘要英国黑人移民女作家扎迪·史密斯在其作品中一直关注女性移民的生存境况。《白牙》是史密斯关注第三世界女性移民的典型作品。在世界格局一体化的今天，多元文化共存乃是全球化发展的必要结果。但这多元文化并没有减轻英国白人对少数族裔人的根深蒂固的偏见和歧视，处于弱势地位的他们的文化在英国社会受到排挤，面临着失去身份和被主流文化同化的危险。少数族裔女性移民的民族，肤色，出生地和宗教信仰增加了她们在白人主流社会构建种族身份和民族身份的困难程度。本文共分为四部分，主要通过分析小说中主要人物形象，特别是女性人物形象，展现少数族裔移民在西方主流社会所受到的歧视和压迫，尤其是女性移民所承受的社会，性别和种族的三重压迫，表达对超越宗教，种族和性别的分歧的提倡，对建立和谐的多元文化社会的期望。关键词：扎迪·史密斯；女性移民；少数族裔；身份；多元文化ContentsTOC\o"1-3"\h\z\uHYPERLINK\l"_Toc478724122"1.Introduction1HYPERLINK\l"_Toc478724123"2.ThePlightofEthnicFemaleImmigrants2HYPERLINK\l"_Toc478724124"2.1DifferencesbetweenEasternandWesternCultures2HYPERLINK\l"_Toc478724125"2.2RacialDiscrimination3HYPERLINK\l"_Toc478724126"3.AssanaandEllie4HYPERLINK\l"_Toc478724127"3.1Assana――theThinkerofNationalCulture4HYPERLINK\l"_Toc478724128"3.1.1TheAttitudestowardstheTraditionalCultureofBangladesh5HYPERLINK\l"_Toc478724129"3.1.2TheWayofEducatingChildren6HYPERLINK\l"_Toc478724130"3.2Ellie---FacilitatorofMulticulturalFusion7HYPERLINK\l"_Toc478724131"3.2.1TheUnderstandingofHerCulturalIdentity8HYPERLINK\l"_Toc478724132"3.2.2IdentityIdentificationandReconstruction10HYPERLINK\l"_Toc478724133"4.Conclusion11HYPERLINK\l"_Toc478724134"Bibliography13TheReconstructionoftheWomen’sCulturalIdentityinWhiteTeeth1.IntroductionZadieSmithwasoneofthemostimportantwritersincontemporaryBritishliterature,andshewasalsooneofthemostpopularyoungnovelistsintheworld.Sheenjoysahighreputationintheinternationalliterarycircles.HerfirstnovelWhiteTeethwaspublishedin2000andshockedtheEnglishliteraryworld.ShewontoomuchacclaimandwonalmostallBritishliteraryawards.Byvirtueofthenovel,SmithhaswonthethreemostprestigiousawardsinBritain:MartinBradAward,‘Theguardian’BookAwardandtheCommonwealthwritersprize,andhasbeenincludedinthegreatestofthe100listofEnglishnovelsinthetimesoftheUnitedStatessince1923....
