代际冲突与华人移民的“无地方”——再议《安乐乡一日》

On the Intergenerational Conflicts and the Placelessness of Chinese Immigrants in U.S. in Bai Xian-yong's A Day in Pleasantville

因移置而经验到的无根漂泊感是众多华人家庭内"代沟"频发的主要根源。"生存空间"的缺失令华人移民及其后代无法实现自身与新地之间的有效连结,继而影响其扎根美国所必须的地方认同感的形成。以《安乐乡一日》(1964)为例,透过代际间的矛盾,不难窥见在美国无所安适的华人移民努力建造家园的尝试。

As a matter of fact,it is the rootlessness arising from the displacement that has caused the intergenerational conflicts in the Chinese emigrants’ families. The absence of living space prevents the effective bonds which affects the geographic attachment and identity of Chinese emigrants,especially those living in U. S. An analysis of the intergenerational conflicts in Bai Xian-yong’s A Day in Pleasantville can reveal such inter-generational conflicts and Chinese Americans’ attempts to rebuild their home and identity in the United States.