摘要随着全球化的发展，文化冲突成为一个不可避免的全球性的问题。身处在不同文化中的人们受到不同文化的影响，常会有一种迷失感和矛盾感。本文通过分析《喜福会》中四对母女关系从冲突到融合的来找到一种科学处理文化冲突的方法。在《喜福会》一书中，妈妈们是第一代移民，她们出生在中国。即使她们移民去了美国也不可能抛弃中国的习俗和传统。中国团统的文化深深影响着她们。但是，女儿们在美国长大，她们信奉美国的价值观。所以她们的思想和价值观都是西方的。这些造成了母女之间的分歧。本文将分析有哪些冲突，冲突的来源和如何缓解冲突，然后结论部分试给出一种更好的方法来达到文化融合。51836

毕业论文关键词：《喜福会》；文化冲突；母女关系；融合 

Cultural Fusion Behind Mother-daughter Relationship in The Joy Luck Club

Abstract  With the development of globalization, cultural conflict is becoming a inevitable global problem. People who live in different cultures affected by different cultures, then thus they always have a feeling of loss and contradiction. The paper will explore the process from cultural conflict to cultural fusion by analyzing the four groups of mother-daughter relationships in The Joy Luck Club find a way to deal with cultural conflicts effectively. In The Joy Luck Club, mothers are the first-generation immigrants. They were born in China. If even they immigrate to the United States, they can not abandon Chinese customs and traditions.Chinese traditional cultures effect them deeply. However, daughters grow up in America. And they believe in American values. So their values and thought are western. These caused the differences between mother and daughter. The paper is going to argue what are the conflicts and causes of the conflicts and how to dispel the cultural conflicts. Then the conclusion attempts to gain better approaches to reach a cultural fusion.

Key Words: The Joy Luck Club  Cultural Conflicts  Mother-daughter relationship  Fusion

Contents

Abstract.Ⅰ

摘  要Ⅱ

Chapter One Introduction.1

Chapter Two Conflicts...2

            2.1Conflict between Suyuan and June..3

            2.2 Conflicts between An-mei and Rose4

            2.3 Conflicts between Lindo and Waverly5

            2.4 Conflicts between Yingying and Lena5

Chapter Three Causes of the Conflicts.6

            3.1 Different values.6

            3.2 Geography.7

            3.3 Patterns of social organization7

            3.4 Language...8

Chapter Four Cultural Fusion..9

            4.1 Mothers try to integrate into American culture9

            4.2 Daughters try to understand their mothers.10

Chapter Five Conclusion..11

Chapter One Introduction

  The Joy Luck Club (1989) is Amy Tan’s masterpiece. It focuses on four Chinese American immigrant families in San Francisco and California. They start a club named ”the Joy Luck Club” to play the Chinese game of mahjong for money while feasting on food. These four mothers all come from China with different experience, life orientation and identity. Mothers try to let their daughters inherit Chinese culture. However, the daughters being born in the United State cannot understand their mothers. And, they do not want to inherit the culture that they do not know. However, daughters get lost in the white society. Then they get a kind of epiphany from their mothers’ love and culture. Finally they reconcile with their mothers.