This paper attempts to examine the trope of“home”and the depiction of mother-daughter dissonance“in her mother’s house”in post-1990s Chinese American fiction.The research selects four novels in the case study and...This paper attempts to examine the trope of“home”and the depiction of mother-daughter dissonance“in her mother’s house”in post-1990s Chinese American fiction.The research selects four novels in the case study and focuses on how mother-daughter dissonance“in her mother’s house”is presented,what cultural connotations the trope of“home”carries and how they are affected by such extra-contextual factors as racism,sexism and classism.In comparison with two representative mother-daughter narrative works in pre-1990s period,the new characteristics and connotations of“home”in mother-daughter dissonance in post-1990s Chinese American fiction are revealed.展开更多
The adolescent years are characterized by emotional upheaval and hormonal and physiological changes that often create tension and conflicts between girls and their parents. This research study is based on an analysis ...The adolescent years are characterized by emotional upheaval and hormonal and physiological changes that often create tension and conflicts between girls and their parents. This research study is based on an analysis of the mother-adolescent daughter relationship, with 46 mother-daughter dyads. This research assessed the effect of the daughter’s body image (independent variable) and her view of her own mother-daughter relationship (independent variable) on her sense of wellbeing (dependent variable). This study used four questionnaires to evaluate the dyadic model: the Modified Gray’s Questionnaire (Body Image), the Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire (LTEQ), the Mental Health Inventory (MHI) for measurement of the subjective sense of wellbeing, and the Relationship with Mother Questionnaire. Study findings show the importance of the adolescent girl’s positive body image on her sense of wellbeing, as well as the centrality of the mother-daughter relationship in the daughter’s body image and wellbeing.展开更多
Amy Tan, a Chinese American writer describes the stories between four pairs of mothers and daughters in The Joy Luck Club. Four mothers have different growing backgrounds as their daughters. This essay will analyze th...Amy Tan, a Chinese American writer describes the stories between four pairs of mothers and daughters in The Joy Luck Club. Four mothers have different growing backgrounds as their daughters. This essay will analyze the reasons behind the mother-daughter's conflicts from the perspectives of the differences of eastern and western culture, mothers' educational methods and excessively high expectation of the mothers.展开更多
Amy Tan is one of the most popular Chinese American writers in the world.Her story is vivid and full of Chinese taste.She has described mother-daughter relationship in Two Kinds and the story is a typical character st...Amy Tan is one of the most popular Chinese American writers in the world.Her story is vivid and full of Chinese taste.She has described mother-daughter relationship in Two Kinds and the story is a typical character story.It is an example for description on characters.展开更多
The Joy Luck Club centers on Chinese-American mothers’ American dreams and shows readers how Chinese-Americans, especially the youth, live a life while confronting the contradictions of a weak motherland culture and ...The Joy Luck Club centers on Chinese-American mothers’ American dreams and shows readers how Chinese-Americans, especially the youth, live a life while confronting the contradictions of a weak motherland culture and a strong American culture through depicting four Chinese-American mothers’ illusion and disillusion.展开更多
This paper is mainly written to explore how cultural differences and clashes between America and China give rise to mother-daughter discords and conflicts. The paper was conducted based on the definition of culture in...This paper is mainly written to explore how cultural differences and clashes between America and China give rise to mother-daughter discords and conflicts. The paper was conducted based on the definition of culture in order to make clear of cultural conflicts. It is written to analyze the two groups of women immigrants unavoidably encountering the clash between their ancestral culture—Chinese culture and the dominant culture--American culture. Furthermore, the paper demonstrates that the mothers' Chinese roots are the root cause of misunderstandings and conflicts between their American-born daughters and themselves.Besides, the writer analyzes that different standpoints towards education value between mothers and American- born daughters cause their misunderstanding and conflicts. The conclusion is that the diversities between Chinese culture and American culture are the root cause for the mother-daughter discords and conflicts.展开更多
Amy Tan's novel The Joy Luck Club describes the complex relation between four Chinese immigrant mothers and their daughters who are raised in America.It reveals different cultural connotation between China and Ame...Amy Tan's novel The Joy Luck Club describes the complex relation between four Chinese immigrant mothers and their daughters who are raised in America.It reveals different cultural connotation between China and America.Misunderstand ing,conflicts,communication and then understanding reflects the process of clash,communication and blending between East and West.In this novel,mother is the medium of national history and memory,the carrier of Chinese culture and the bridge of past and present.On the contrary,daughters are raised in America.They are influenced by American culture.Cultural difference is the main cause of their conflicts.展开更多
This paper1 reevaluates the portrayal of Mrs. Gant in William Faulkner＇s short story ＂Miss Zilphia Gant＂ （1932）. It argues that Faulkner represents her as ＂the mother as a monster＂ and looks at the features of ...This paper1 reevaluates the portrayal of Mrs. Gant in William Faulkner＇s short story ＂Miss Zilphia Gant＂ （1932）. It argues that Faulkner represents her as ＂the mother as a monster＂ and looks at the features of that representation. More specifically, the paper devotes attention to this abusive mother＇s curious masculinity, employing feminist readings from two angles. That is, on the one hand, the paper reexamines the nature of Mrs. Gant＇s unfemininity by considering the immense responsibility of child-rearing that mothers bear in modern societies. On the other hand, it attempts to locate the origin of her bodily manliness by considering the prism of images of women as evil and destabilizing that pervaded Western culture early in the twentieth century. Such approaches have revealed that making a monster of a mother requires a conspiracy taking advantage of both the inconsistencies inherent in the ideals of motherhood and the bizarre processes through which femininity itself is masculinized. In conclusion, this paper argues that Mrs. Gant＇s monstrosity is a reflection of a predicament which many women in modern times whether Faulkner＇s or our own share, that is, being expected to be a perfect mother while still being viciously castigated as sexually threatening.展开更多
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文摘This paper attempts to examine the trope of“home”and the depiction of mother-daughter dissonance“in her mother’s house”in post-1990s Chinese American fiction.The research selects four novels in the case study and focuses on how mother-daughter dissonance“in her mother’s house”is presented,what cultural connotations the trope of“home”carries and how they are affected by such extra-contextual factors as racism,sexism and classism.In comparison with two representative mother-daughter narrative works in pre-1990s period,the new characteristics and connotations of“home”in mother-daughter dissonance in post-1990s Chinese American fiction are revealed.
文摘The adolescent years are characterized by emotional upheaval and hormonal and physiological changes that often create tension and conflicts between girls and their parents. This research study is based on an analysis of the mother-adolescent daughter relationship, with 46 mother-daughter dyads. This research assessed the effect of the daughter’s body image (independent variable) and her view of her own mother-daughter relationship (independent variable) on her sense of wellbeing (dependent variable). This study used four questionnaires to evaluate the dyadic model: the Modified Gray’s Questionnaire (Body Image), the Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire (LTEQ), the Mental Health Inventory (MHI) for measurement of the subjective sense of wellbeing, and the Relationship with Mother Questionnaire. Study findings show the importance of the adolescent girl’s positive body image on her sense of wellbeing, as well as the centrality of the mother-daughter relationship in the daughter’s body image and wellbeing.
文摘Amy Tan, a Chinese American writer describes the stories between four pairs of mothers and daughters in The Joy Luck Club. Four mothers have different growing backgrounds as their daughters. This essay will analyze the reasons behind the mother-daughter's conflicts from the perspectives of the differences of eastern and western culture, mothers' educational methods and excessively high expectation of the mothers.
文摘Amy Tan is one of the most popular Chinese American writers in the world.Her story is vivid and full of Chinese taste.She has described mother-daughter relationship in Two Kinds and the story is a typical character story.It is an example for description on characters.
文摘The Joy Luck Club centers on Chinese-American mothers’ American dreams and shows readers how Chinese-Americans, especially the youth, live a life while confronting the contradictions of a weak motherland culture and a strong American culture through depicting four Chinese-American mothers’ illusion and disillusion.
文摘This paper is mainly written to explore how cultural differences and clashes between America and China give rise to mother-daughter discords and conflicts. The paper was conducted based on the definition of culture in order to make clear of cultural conflicts. It is written to analyze the two groups of women immigrants unavoidably encountering the clash between their ancestral culture—Chinese culture and the dominant culture--American culture. Furthermore, the paper demonstrates that the mothers' Chinese roots are the root cause of misunderstandings and conflicts between their American-born daughters and themselves.Besides, the writer analyzes that different standpoints towards education value between mothers and American- born daughters cause their misunderstanding and conflicts. The conclusion is that the diversities between Chinese culture and American culture are the root cause for the mother-daughter discords and conflicts.
文摘Amy Tan's novel The Joy Luck Club describes the complex relation between four Chinese immigrant mothers and their daughters who are raised in America.It reveals different cultural connotation between China and America.Misunderstand ing,conflicts,communication and then understanding reflects the process of clash,communication and blending between East and West.In this novel,mother is the medium of national history and memory,the carrier of Chinese culture and the bridge of past and present.On the contrary,daughters are raised in America.They are influenced by American culture.Cultural difference is the main cause of their conflicts.
文摘This paper1 reevaluates the portrayal of Mrs. Gant in William Faulkner＇s short story ＂Miss Zilphia Gant＂ （1932）. It argues that Faulkner represents her as ＂the mother as a monster＂ and looks at the features of that representation. More specifically, the paper devotes attention to this abusive mother＇s curious masculinity, employing feminist readings from two angles. That is, on the one hand, the paper reexamines the nature of Mrs. Gant＇s unfemininity by considering the immense responsibility of child-rearing that mothers bear in modern societies. On the other hand, it attempts to locate the origin of her bodily manliness by considering the prism of images of women as evil and destabilizing that pervaded Western culture early in the twentieth century. Such approaches have revealed that making a monster of a mother requires a conspiracy taking advantage of both the inconsistencies inherent in the ideals of motherhood and the bizarre processes through which femininity itself is masculinized. In conclusion, this paper argues that Mrs. Gant＇s monstrosity is a reflection of a predicament which many women in modern times whether Faulkner＇s or our own share, that is, being expected to be a perfect mother while still being viciously castigated as sexually threatening.
