《再见,哥伦布》中文化身份认同的困惑

Dilemma of Cultural Identity in Goodbye, Columbus

菲利普·罗斯《再见,哥伦布》描写了犹太移民在美国所遭遇的文化身份认同困惑,包括不同宗教伦理、价值观念的矛盾。究其原因是,盎格鲁—新教文化的独尊使美国犹太人摒弃本族传统文化价值观念,抹除自身的身份标记,排斥、轻视本族同胞,从而导致他们无法将犹太族裔身份和美利坚民族身份和谐统一起来。解决这一问题需要少数族裔以平等的方式参与美国文化身份的建构。

Goodbye, Columbus written by Philip Roth depicts the dilemma of cultural identity that the Jewish migrates underwent in America, including different religion and contradiction in values. The reason is that the supremacy of Anglo-Protestant culture made Jewish Americans abandon their national traditional cultural view, eliminate their identities, reject and despise people of their nationality, which contributes to the failure to integrate their Jewish identity with their American identity. To solve this problem, the minorities should participate in the building of American cultural identity in an equal way.