国产日韩欧美一区二区三区三州_亚洲少妇熟女av_久久久久亚洲av国产精品_波多野结衣网站一区二区_亚洲欧美色片在线91_国产亚洲精品精品国产优播av_日本一区二区三区波多野结衣 _久久国产av不卡

?

CulturalIdentitiesinTheJoyLuckClub

2015-08-08 12:59:30楊心彤
青春歲月 2015年15期
關(guān)鍵詞:西南財經(jīng)大學(xué)本科學(xué)歷晉城市

Abstract:The Joy Luck Club is written by Chinese American female writer Amy Tan, in which vividly depicted a series of story about four Chinese immigrant mothers and their American daughters. These two generations in the novel are bred up with utterly different culture and family education, thus eight heroines possess different cultural identities. In this paper, the great impact of cultural identities and the factors which paly critical roles in fostering cultural identities are discussed.

Key words:The Joy Luck Club;Cultural Identities

1. Introduction

Cultural identity is the identity or feeling of belonging to, as part of the self-conception and self-perception to nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, generation, locality and any kind of social group that have its own distinct culture, in this way that cultural identity is both characteristic of the individual but also to the culturally identical group that has its members sharing the same cultural identity. So as the one of the most important cultural symbol, it is necessary for us to anaylse cultural identities in The Joy Luck Club.

2. Cultural Identities in The Joy Luck Club

2.1 the key factors in fostering cultural identities

One important factor in fostering cultural identities is cultural nourishment. Though the four Chinese mothers met in church and had been living in America for decades, they still were Chinese. Since they met, they had been feasting, playing mahjong and telling stories together for 30 years. Their party is called the Joy Luck Club. It is clear that the unique Chinese thinking pattern roots deeply in their minds. Their Chinese cultural nourishment largely determined their cultural identity. Its all the same to their daughters. Being born and raised in American culture, they are independent Americans at the first place.

Family education is the other key factor in fostering cultural identities. An Mei lost her father when she was young and her mother was forced to marry to a rich man as a concubine. Her mother was kicked out of the family and was despised. Then An Mei followed her mother to live at the rich mans house. She found that her mother was looked down upon at this house as well. Tragically, An Meis mother committed suicide to give her the power to defeat the enemy. So An Mei finally become a strong woman and knows what she worth. In the past, it was a shame if a widow broke her vow and married to another man. In the old Chinese way, women were taught to desire nothing, swallow other peoples misery, and eat her bitterness. However, An Meis mother taught her to be strong-minded and brave enough to take control of her own destiny.

2.2 the great impact of cultural identities

Cultural identities have huge influences in peoples lives. It determines how we perceive things, how we think and how we act. When Waverly brought her boyfriend to her families, her mother just smiled but she still was particular about Rich's appearance, having many spots on his face. Description of the conflicts of manners between Chinese tradition and American notions is quite interesting. These words of "And then he had helped himself to big portions of the shrimp and snow peas, not realizing he should have taken only a polite spoonful, until everybody had had a morsel.” vividly express the American character of being casual which counts as discourtesy in China. The part of Rich criticizing her mother's cooking is quite funny and impressive. Chinese habit of making disparaging remarks seems to be extremely common. Being modest and avoiding showing off are parts of Chinese traditional manners. Her mother complaining about " This dish not salty enough, no flavor ", in fact, was a cue to proclaim it the best she had ever made. But the Rich did not understand. Due to the different cultural identity, they have different ways of handling things, so it is very likely that there is conflict between them.

Throughout the novel, Mothers represent the classic, traditional Chinese culture but the daughters are the symbol of free, open and modern American one, which are two kinds of contradictory element. However, through the whole novel, it is easier to find that finally they can understand each other and be in harmony. When Jing-Mei saw her twin-half sisters, she was surprised at this kind of familiarity. “And now I also see what part of me is Chinese. It is so obvious. It is my family. It is in our blood. After all these years, it can finally be let go. ” the similarity in their cultural identities makes them finally understand each other.

3. Conclusion

Analyzing peoples cultural identity helps illustrate Americans perception of family and the interaction between traditional Chinese culture and American culture. A comprehensive understanding of different cultural identities is of great significance to guide peoples endeavor to breaking through the cultural barriers today.

Reference

[1] Moha Ennaji, Multilingualism, Cultural Identity, and Education in Morocco, Springer Science & Business Media, 2005: 19-23.

[2] Amy Tan. The Joy Luck Club[M]. Galantine Books.

【作者簡介】

楊心彤(1994—),女,漢族,山西省晉城市人,本科學(xué)歷,單位:西南財經(jīng)大學(xué),主要研究方向:英語翻譯。

猜你喜歡
西南財經(jīng)大學(xué)本科學(xué)歷晉城市
晉城市財政局舉辦預(yù)算一體化系統(tǒng)技能競賽
山西財稅(2023年8期)2023-12-28 08:05:46
晉城市沐春雨食品有限責(zé)任公司
晉城市:農(nóng)民春耕生產(chǎn)有序推進
An Analysis of A Clash of Cultures at Alabama Factory
廣告大觀(2019年7期)2019-10-20 07:32:20
作品賞析
吳岳作品
晉城市舉辦慶祝祖國成立七十周年展演
The Analyses of the Competition Mechanism of Didi
The analysis of the EFL speakers’ spoken output in BP debating
“Glass Ceiling”in Intercultural HRM of Japanese Enterprises in China
財稅月刊(2017年5期)2017-07-05 14:27:32
辽源市| 高清| 阿拉尔市| 土默特左旗| 高安市| 拜泉县| 精河县| 阿勒泰市| 秭归县| 台南县| 南靖县| 云南省| 朔州市| 尉氏县| 安多县| 麦盖提县| 崇明县| 南乐县| 商水县| 攀枝花市| 沅江市| 南昌县| 依安县| 和硕县| 合作市| 营山县| 五原县| 遂溪县| 吉林市| 威信县| 交口县| 祁阳县| 和平区| 盱眙县| 罗定市| 大方县| 乌什县| 隆化县| 张家口市| 东光县| 德庆县|