| From the early 20th century to the present, the American black women have committed themselves to their pursuit of identity. During the fight for their own identity, they established black women organizations and associations, and created theories to be awakened to their identity and to overthrow racial discrimination and white supremacy etc. Identity politics is one of them and it belongs to the scope of research in cultural studies, which aims at securing the political freedom of the oppressed and marginalized people.This thesis argues that the reasons for African-American women's identity crisis represented in the film The Color Purple are their lack of identity, failed attempts to seek identity and unconscious self-denial of identity. Although this film is regarded as the source to prove their positive pursuit of identity, the writer, however, explores from a new angle through identity politics from the inconstant transition of the ending and the process, which has given the writer a space to explore. Therefore, the significance of this thesis is to explore the reasons for the identity crisis from the actual understanding of the film rather than the traditional way of thinking that follows what the film is generally accepted, which, will be constructive and instructive for the viewers in rethinking the sufferings and identity problems of black women.The main body of the essay consists of three parts. The first chapter will elaborate the reasons for African-American women's identity crisis through the analysis of their lack of identity. The second chapter will give an account of the female characters'failed attempts to seek their identity, which remains one reason for their identity crisis. In the third chapter, the writer will deepen the analysis of the reason for their identity crisis within the scope of their unconscious self-denial of identity by applying psychological and social identity theories etc.
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