《棕色姑娘,棕色砖房》是美国黑人女作家波.马歇尔的第一部半自传体小说。它以黑人和白人两种文化与价值观的冲突为背景,描述了一位巴巴多斯黑人女孩塞丽娜.博依斯在美国异质文化中成长的迷茫、痛苦与无奈,以及她力争改变自我命运的努力和对未来生活的期冀。女主人公在逆境中通过不断地与外界抗争以及深刻内省,找寻自我身份与位置,建构了一个满足个体自由、跨越种族与性别限制的新型的黑人女性形象。 “Brown Girl, Brown Brick Room” is the first semi-autobiographical novel by African American writer Bob Marshall. In the context of the conflict between black and white cultures and values, it describes the confusion, pain and helplessness of a Barbados black girl, Serena Boyce, who grew up in a heterogeneous American culture, as well as her striving to change her own destiny Efforts and expectations of future life. In the face of adversity, the heroine tries her best to seek self identity and position by continuously fighting against the outside world and deeply introspecting her, constructing a new type of black female image that meets individual freedom and races and genders.