The attitudes towards filial piety between the Chinese and the Americans leads to the conflicts between the Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters.Family,the basic unit of a society,is the fundame...The attitudes towards filial piety between the Chinese and the Americans leads to the conflicts between the Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters.Family,the basic unit of a society,is the fundamental element in the traditional Chinese culture and it is a core of Chinese culture.Similarly,the Americans also attach great importance to family.Americans pursuit personal independence and performance and self-awareness and hold that everyone is equal and free.While Chinese people emphasize family members’interdependence and the whole family’s honor and the pecking order of family members and obedience.展开更多
文摘The attitudes towards filial piety between the Chinese and the Americans leads to the conflicts between the Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters.Family,the basic unit of a society,is the fundamental element in the traditional Chinese culture and it is a core of Chinese culture.Similarly,the Americans also attach great importance to family.Americans pursuit personal independence and performance and self-awareness and hold that everyone is equal and free.While Chinese people emphasize family members’interdependence and the whole family’s honor and the pecking order of family members and obedience.
