ABSTRACT
The Joy Luck Club is the first novel of Amy Tan. It is a narrative about the conflicts between Chinese mothers and Americanized daughters. In the novel she mainly describes the relationship between the Joy Luck Club mothers and their daughters and cultural conflicts. The duality of the Chinese immigrants often makes the daughters fall into a bicultural dilemma and identity crisis. Both the bicultural dilemma and identity crisis make the mothers and daughters be in a loss and bring the conflicts between them. Through contextual analysis of the Joy Luck Club and the cultural conflicts and blending embodied in it, this paper demonstrates that in the age of globalization a balance should be kept among different cultures, and a right attitude towards cultural conflicts and identity crisis should be taken.
Keywords：The Joy Luck Club; Identity Crisis; Cultural Conflict; Bicultural Dilemma
Contents
1. Amy Tan and Her Novel the Joy Luck Club 1
1.1 Social Background of Amy Tan 1
1.2 Introduction of the Joy Luck Club 1
2．The Duality of Chinese Immigrants 2
2.1 The Mothers and Daughters in a Bicultural Dilemma 2
2.2 The Mothers with Chinese Traditions 3
2.3 The Daughters with American Value 4
2.4 The Mothers and Daughters in Identity Crisis 5
3. The Conflicts between American and Chinese Cultures Embodied in the Novel 7
4. A Correct Attitude towards Culture 9
5. Conclusion 10
Acknowledgements 12
References: 13
