种族与性别——女性主义视域下的《喜福会》解读

Ethnicity and Gender——Analysis of The Joy Luck Club from the Feminism Perspective

谭恩美借其独特的美国华裔女性身份,通过《喜福会》展现了第一代华裔女性在中国封建男权制下所遭受的残酷压迫,从而对男权制进行了颠覆;又通过对第二代华裔女性形象塑造,以揭示她们在异国所遭受的种族、性别双重压迫。通过女性主义视角,文章分析了两代美国华裔女性从沉默走向觉醒,在不断抗争中探寻自我的艰辛历程;在男权和种族的樊篱下,美国华裔女性展现了坚强、独立、智慧的优秀现代女性品质。

In The Joy Luck Club,Amy Tan,with her special identity,describes the oppression of the Chinese American women by patriarchy in the feudalism and backward China,which shows the subversion of patriarchy;the novel also portrays the second generation of the Chinese American women who face the gender and racial discrimination.From the perspective of feminism,this paper analyses the struggling process of finding self-identity.Under patriarchy and racial discrimination,the novel shows the strong, independent,and intellectual nature of the modern and excellent Chinese American women.