20世纪前半期美国大众文化中的中国形象解读——以傅满洲与陈查理为例

Interpretation of Chinese Image in American Popular Culture in the First Half of the 20th Century——Based on Examples of Fu Manchu and Charlie Chan

陈查理和傅满洲作为20世纪50年代前美国大众文化中华人形象代表,在一定程度上反映了美国主流意识形态的意志和对华态度,因而,对这两个形象的深刻解读与剖析,不仅对我们全面、深刻地认识美国的中国形象有着十分重要的意义,而且能够以此为镜,以他者的眼光完成自我认识与自我提升。在剖析华人形象的同时,我们更应勇于超越东西方二元对立的思维定势,破除狭隘的民族主义与国家主义偏见,减少冲突与误解,促进东西方文化的交流与融合。

Fu Manchu and Charlie Chan as the representatives of the Chinese image in the American popular culture in the first half of the 20thcentury, have almost become the barometer of Sino-U.S. rela- tion, which represented to a certain extent the attitude of the American mainstream ideology towards Chi- na, therefore, the profound interpretation and analysis of these two characters is not just of great signifi- cance for our fully and profoundly understanding of the American impression of the Chinese image, but also for self-awareness and self-improvement in others＇ perspective by taking this as a mirror. At the same time, when we analyze the image of Chinese people, we should be courageous to transcend the western thinking tendency of binary opposition, to break the narrow nationalism and statism prejudices, to reduce conflicts and misunderstandings, and to promote the exchange and integration of oriental and occi- dental cultures.