解读被双重边缘化的文化属性——试论汤亭亭的《女勇士》和谭恩美的《喜福会》

Interpreting the Double-Marginalized Cultural Identity: A Reading of The Woman Warrior and The Joy Luck Club

分析了汤亭亭的《女勇士》和谭恩美的《喜福会》两部作品中第二代华裔女性如何挣扎在父母传授的中国传统文化和成长环境熏陶的西方思维方式中,一方面她们急于认同美国社会的主流文化,另一方面又难以摆脱故土传统价值观念的束缚,在夹缝中进退维谷。通过对母女两代人矛盾冲突的解读探讨了被白人主流社会和男尊女卑的华人社会双重边缘化的华裔女性在经历了性别和种族歧视后超越了东西方两种截然不同的文化,成功地建构了独特的文化属性。

The thesis starts with analyzing how the second-generation Chinese American women struggle between Chinese traditional culture their parents are trying to pass on to them and American culture which they grow up in. Consequently, on the one hand, they are eager to identify themselves with mainstream society, on the other hand, they find it difficult to break away from Chinese traditions. The thesis aims at interpreting the cultural conflicts between Mothers and Daughters and exploring the social and cultural reasons why the secondgeneration Chinese American women are marginalized by mainstream American men and patriarchal Chinese community. After experiencing sexual and racial discrimination from two dominant cultures, young daughters finally tolerate the bicultural status and succeed in constructing their unique identity.