Chinese-American Identity Differences Revealed in the Conflicts in The Joy Luck Club  

作　　者：ZHU Danxue 

机构地区：[1]University of Shanghai for Science and Technology,Shanghai,China

出　　处：《US-China Foreign Language》2024年第6期346-351,共6页美中外语（英文版）

摘　　要：The Joy Luck Club focuses on Chinese immigrant families in the U.S.through intricate descriptions of mother-daughter relations.The words of“joy”and“luck”all mean good wishes and happiness,the same as in English.On the crossroad of Chinese culture and American culture,the two generations conflict with each other.This paper using post-colonialism theories to analyse life experiences and daily conflicts between the daughter Waverly Jong and the mother Lindo Jong.It turns out that the identity difference between the first generation Chinese-American and the second generation is all the cause.

关 键 词：Chinese Americans POST-COLONIALISM identity difference The Joy Luck Club 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]