大学学位论文-外国语—从电影《刮痧》看华裔美国人.docVIP

An Analysis of Chinese Americans’ Identity Crisis from the Movie The Treatment 从电影《刮痧》看华裔美国人 的身份危机 Liao Guiling Under the Supervision of Yuan Bin School of Foreign Languages and Cultures Panzhihua University May 2009 An Analysis of Chinese Americans’ Identity Crisis from the Movie The Treatment 从电影《刮痧》看华裔美国人 的身份危机 Liao Guiling Under the Supervision of Yuan Bin School of Foreign Languages and Cultures Panzhihua University May 2009 Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………Ⅰ Key Words……………………………………………………………………………Ⅰ 摘要.…………………………………………………………………………….…….Ⅱ 关键词………………………………………………………………………….…......Ⅱ Introduction……………………………………………………………………………1Ⅰ. An Introduction to Identity Crisis.…………..……………………………….…….2 A. The Concept of Identity...…………………………………………......................2 B. An Introduction to Cultural Identity and Identity Crisis…………….…………..3 Ⅱ. An Introduction to the Movie The Treatment……..…………………………….….4 A. The Background of the Movie.………………...………………………………..4 B. Main Plot of the Movie……………………………………...………………....4 C. Xu Datong’s Identity Crisis…………………...…………………………………5 Ⅲ. Chinese Americans’ Identity Crisis………………………………..……….…8 A. The Current Situation of Chinese Americans….…………………..……………8 B. The Causes of Their Identity Crisis…………………………………………….9 1. The Bitter History of Chinese Immigration and Unfair Treatment…………9 2. Their Sufferings from Cultural Differences………………………….…..…11 3. The Unsuitable Ways to Solve the Conflicts………...………………….…..12 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………….....14 Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………….…15 Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………..16 Abstract Recently, a piece of news from China News Net shows that although many Chinese Americans significantly get high-paying and stable jobs, and begin to take part in political affairs, they are still not fully accepted as Americans and most of them are still suffering identity crisis. In the movie The Treatment, the identity crisis of X