譚恩美《接骨師的女兒》中美裔華人的家園概念

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Title:	譚恩美《接骨師的女兒》中美裔華人的家園概念 The Concept of Homeland among the Chinese Americans in Amy Tan's The Bonesetter's Daughter
Authors:	連芝儀
Contributors:	英國語文學系
Keywords:	譚恩美接骨師的女兒家園美裔華人 Amy Tan The Bonesetter's Daughter Homeland Diaspora
Date:	2014
Issue Date:	2014-01-10 15:37:06 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	人是文化的，從一出生就在自我認同與民族間有著密不可分的關係。隨著全球化的影響，大規模的移民潮在各個國家之間遷徙，於是各種文化的交流也隨之頻繁，文化認同所造成的衝突成為了一個無法避免的問題。人們遷徙到一個新的國家去追求更好的生活，但與祖國的情感聯繫卻依然存在；因此，移民試著在新的國家中尋找一種歸屬感，並且始終與母國維持著心靈上的聯繫。移民的遷徙造成離散的現象，打破了家園與文化認同原生的緊密聯繫。對於居住在異地，移民者寧願忍受強烈的思鄉情懷，不願再回到故國。本論文將藉由譚恩美「接骨師的女兒」一書，從兩代華裔美人的生活經驗中，試著探討對於新家園的不同概念，進而建立其自身文化認同。本論文旨在於討論兩代華人間對於家園以及自身文化認同的改變，並以《接骨師的女兒》為文本，討論移民對於離散的思鄉情感。第一章將介紹離散的背景，移民的原因已經不同於以往，但即使如此，移民者卻面對相同的思鄉情懷以及文化認同的衝突。第二章將討論離散的兩種類型，以地區做分界，一是英國離散，由西方到東方；二是中國離散，從東方到西方。兩種不同的離散呈現出不同面的文化認同。第三章將藉由書中的三位主角，討論家園觀念的改變；透過對家園不一樣的認同，三位主角代表的三個世代在自我認同的認知上有著不一樣的困難。最後一章中，克服了文化、生活、自我認同上的衝突之後，移民及其後代將會重建自我身分文化的認同，以及對新家園產生歸屬感。 People are cultural. When a person was born, there is always a connection between self-identity and the country he or she comes from. Through globalization, many migrants move from country to country. The interaction between cultures has become more frequent. The collision in cultural identity seems unavoidable. People move to new countries to seek better life. The connection with their mother countries is still there. Therefore, the migrants try to find a new sense of belonging to the new homeland and are still bound with the original one. This is the diaspora phenomenon caused by human migrations, which break the original connection with homeland cultural identity. When living abroad the migrants would rather bear the strong feelings of nostalgia than when returning to their homelands. This thesis would focus on the Chinese Americans’ tough living experience in Amy Tan’s novel The Bonesetter’s Daughter, aiming at analyzing the different perceptions of the new homeland, America, between the older generation of Chinese immigrants and their descendents. The differences in perceptions clearly show the changes in Chinese Americans’ cultural identity. This study discusses the concept of homeland and cultural identities through three different generations in Amy Tan’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter. The first Chapter defines diaspora and different types of migration. In addition, it briefly introduces Amy Tan, one of the famous Asian American writers and her novel in question. The second Chapter illustrates the patterns of diaspora, contrasting the British diaspora from the west to the east and the Chinese diaspora from the east to the west. These two kinds of diaspora represent the two sides of cultural identitiy. The third Chapter analyzes the changes in concept of homeland in the three major characters. Through the different concepts of homeland, they are confronted with different difficulties of self-identity. The last Chapter is the conclusion of the study which reveals how the migrants and their descendents reconstruct their self-identity and accept who they really are and what their new homeland really is as well.
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