CHINESE MOTHERS AS OTHER BEFORE AMERICAN —BORN DAUGHTERS —ON THE CHINESE MOTHERS’ COMMUNICATION IN THE JOY LUCK CLUB FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ORIENTALISM
Journal Title: European Journal of Business and Social Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Among all the Chinese American writers, Amy Tan undoubtedly occupies a representative position. Her novel The Joy Luck Club wins several prestigious awards. Based on the concept of the Other encompassed in Orientalism, this paper makes an attempt at analyzing the Chinese mothers’ communication before their American—born daughters. Under Confucianism, the Chinese mothers often see their American daughters as subordinates and expect absolute authority over them. And their style of communication is evasive enough to be misleading. In addition, they all speak their Chinese dialects and a kind of broken English. All of these mark them as the in assimilable other in the eyes of their Americanâ€born daughters. These depictions of Chinese by Amy Tan participate in the dominant American discourse of Orientalizing Chinese. It is easy to see that her heavy painting on the aboveâ€mentioned aspects, to some extent, reinforces the Chinese mothers as the image of Other in the marginal culture.
Authors and Affiliations
Xiaoyan Peng| School of Foreign Languages, Inner Mongolian University of Finance and Economics, Hohhot, Inner Mongolian, China. PO box:010057 Tel:086‐ 13704785716 E‐mail: godwin1116@sohu.com, Guodong Zhao| School of Foreign Languages, Inner Mongolian University of Finance and Economics, Hohhot, Inner Mongolian China.. PO box: 010057 Tel:086‐ 13947124486 E‐mail: zhaoliu1116@163.com , Xiao Liu| School of Foreign Languages, Inner Mongolian University of Finance and Economics, Hohhot, Inner Mongolian China. PO box: 010057 Tel:086‐13947124486 E‐mail: zhaoliu1116@163.com
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