从《喜福会》看中美家庭价值观差异 摘要：美国著名华裔作家谭恩美的代表作《喜福会》，讲述了四个从中国移民到美国的家庭中，中国母亲和美国化了的女儿之间的矛盾与冲突，是研究探讨中美价值观的极佳范本。本文将从《喜福会》入手，运用比较研究法着重探讨中美家庭价值观中家庭概念与地位、婚姻观、教育观的差异，并进一步分析导致这些差异的深层原因，如文化环境、传统观念、社会形态等。通过分析其原因，有助于加深两国的相互了解，进行有效的交流，使中国的家庭价值观得以发展和完善。 关键词：喜福会；家庭价值观；家庭教育；婚姻观；差异 A Study of Differences of Family Values in Chinese and American Cultures with The Joy Luck Club as an Example Abstract: The Joy Luck Club, is the famous second generation Chinese American writer Amy Tan’s magnum opus. It is a
Business Analysis of Sport Obermeyer Sport Obermeyer is a high-end fashion skiwear design and merchandising company headquartered in Aspen, Colorado. Over the years, Sports Obermeyer has developed into a dominant competitor. Sports Obermeyer's estimated sales in 1992 were $32.8 million. The company holds 45% share of children's skiwear and 11% of adult Skiwear market. Sport Obermeyer produces merchandise ranging from: parkas, vests, ski suits, shells, ski pants, turtlenecks, and accessories
Guangzhou Opera House is a recently completed building by Zaha Hadid Architects, located in the Chinese city of Guangzhou and completed in 2010. The building's extreme geometry and spectacular interior have brought about international awareness and appreciation of its design. Following are two articles that examine and critique the building. One is "L'auditorium asimmetrico (Asymmetrical Auditorium)" from the architecture journal "Abitare." The other article is "Crazy Angles, Soaring Steel" by Thomas
sectors interacted with each other, which makes contribution to tourism destinations’ economy, society and environment. Guangzhou which is my hometown and major economic centre in China has attached importance to the development of tourism. Guangzhou is a magnetic attraction which is located in southern part of China experiencing hundreds of tourists every month. Hospitality in Guangzhou is high-end and high-rated in the worldwide tourism sector. Accommodation is abundant with luxurious hotels and resorts
I arrived in Toronto when I was only 4 years old. I never knew much about my hometown in Guangzhou, China, at least not enough for me to describe my short experiences there. My mother had never given me any specific detail on why we immigrated here. She simply said “It’s for a better life”. It was during grade 5, where we had to talk about our personal history that I began to ask questions about my heritage. I didn’t have any luck knowing why I came to Canada. It was in the summer of 2014 that I
In January of 2010, the Legislative Council have eventually approved the funding for the construction of Guandzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL), which costs $66.9 billion. This astronomical cost raised a lot of discussions that whether the railway worthed it or not. The whole alignment of the XRL railway is about 140 kilometres with its intermediate stations in Humen, Longhua and Futian. Some have argued that the new railway could contribute to Hong Kong's short-term and long-term development
of the construction business; imperialist control through loans, about 39%; state-owned railways, including China's Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway was built as self-reliance, the business head office was redemption of the Beijing-Hankou Railway; and Guangzhou third rail only accounted for about 20%. From 1881 to 1911 the railway built in the Tang Xu, which collapsed the Qing government for 30 years, is the first phase of the railway. At this stage, the Qing government as the continuous Westernization
of them go to cities for works today. This film is not a drama but a documentary that reflects the real and tough life of most migrant workers and their families. As the title of the documentary "Last Train Home" shows, there are many scenes in Guangzhou train station. The Spring Festival is a traditional day for family reunions, and the tradition causes the transportation during Spring Festival as a typical Chinese phenomenon is known as the largest annual
Because of the Commissioner’s Plan, Manhattan has one of the best grid systems in the United States. The original topography was altered to accommodate road construction, streets were numbered, and the city landscape was changed throughout the grid building process. The effect of the grid on Manhattan, if viewed from different angles, is debatable, but overall the benefits from adopting the grid system outweigh its costs. If the grid had been irregular in Manhattan, the land use would not have been
1793-1839 was mainly due to China’s construct that it was superior over any other countries. If the Chinese had not been so self-absorbed and so intent on keeping their country as closed off as possible, they might have at least realized that the Guangzhou system of trade was collapsing and that if it did collapse, the tribute system would go down with it. China established the relationship between tribute and trade as an instrument for controlling the “barbarian”. The failure in responding effectively
disparity of educational development in different regions. Due to economic decentralization in education, poorer communities lacked the funding in ensuring a quality education. Furthermore, even in Guangzhou which is one of the richest provinces in China, faces education disparity because secondary school in GuangZhou are classified from key-point schools in the city all the way down to low achievers school (Mok 2000 , p.31).
Language is the product of the collective living of a community of people. It is a medium with the help of which people of one community communicate with the people of other communities. Language not only helps to communicate but it also helps in understanding others culture. In other words the decay of one language means the decay of that culture. It is an inalienable part of the human culture, and thus in other words human culture is chiefly expressed through language, though other medium (like
Elders Limited is one of the Australia’s oldest, respected and the largest agribusiness company that founded by Alexander Elder in the year 1839 at Port Misery which is now Port Adelaide, Australia (‘175 years: Elders historic summary 1839 - 2014’ n.d.). According to Allison (2014), Elders Limited is one of the leading suppliers which provides financial services such as banking and insurance, agency services which including livestock, wool, grain and real estate. Moreover, Elders Limited also provides
so many advantages; however, it has certain setbacks as well, which outweighs the benefits. The more cars we have on roads, the more congestion we will have to deal with on daily basis. In the urban cities of China, such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou traffic congestion is constantly increasing every year because people are buying more cars. Another reason for traffic congestion is that the government isn’t developing new transportation infrastructure, such as
keep their trade to a minimum, but also have a spread of trade goods that they wanted, each nation had opened one port specifically for trade; Guangzhou and Nagasaki, respectively (Fruhstuck, Lecture). Both countries had limited trade with the West and maintained isolation from around the sixteenth century to the late eighteenth century. China opened Guangzhou by the late seventeenth century but the western merchants that landed there had no rights or privileges and were confined to the borders ...
Where Am I Wearing is about a journalist and author, Kelsey Timmerman who traveled worldwide to meet the people who manufactured his clothes. During his trip, he traveled to China, Cambodia, Honduras, Bangladesh, and even the US . Timmeran writes about the struggles he had when trying to find the factories that made his clothes, and how major apparel companies don’t want consumers to think about the people who make the buyer’s clothes. Kelsey Timmerman’s goal was to bridge the gap between consumer
A brief introduction to the supply chain finance product First, concept The supply chain finance, or SCF, is a financial service that rounds core enterprise, manages the flows of funds and goods of SMEs, changes the uncontrollable risk of an individual enterprise into the controllable risk of the whole of supply chain enterprises and minimizes the risk by obtaining all kinds of information. Because the socialized way of production is continuously deepening, the credit sale has become the essential
In the United States of America today, prison life is becoming worse as the years pass by. Offenders are steady re committing crimes even after initial release from prison. This has become a huge problem for the government of The United States of America and all of it’s residents. We must take different approaches to the way we imprison our inmates so that after their sentence is done, they are less likely to become a repeat offender. Different countries around the world, like China and the Phillipines
Sichuan, Jiangsu cuisine and Cantonese cuisine, enjoy called "Four Major Cuisine” in China. Yue (Guangdong, Cantonese) Cuisine（粤菜） Yue cuisine, also known as Guangdong cuisine originated in Lingnan, generalized from Guangzhou dishes, East River, Chiu Chow. Then, it evolved to Guangzhou cuisine represented with late start, but it is far-reaching, Hong Kong, Macao and other countries in the restaurant. Yu cuisine and French cuisine are around the world par. Basically Yu cuisine is the primary Chinese
get tickets to get back home. Among those migrant workers, there are two characters, a husband and a wife named Zhang Changhua and Chen Suqin respectively. They left their little children in Huilong for the grandparents to take care and moved to Guangzhou city. When they left, their first born daughter was only a child. As the parents later share with the director, they were left with “no choice” but to leave their children. Nevertheless, the difference betwee... ... middle of paper ... ... cannot