解析美国亚裔形象的转变-英语语言文学专业论文.docxVIP

万方数据 万方数据 Acknowledgements I would like to express my sincere and profound gratitude to a number of wonderful people, without whom this dissertation would never have been fulfilled. Their support, patience, understanding, guidance, constructive criticism, and sacrifice along the way finally led me to reach this milestone. Words would never adequately articulate my gratitude, respect, and admiration to all of them. First of all, I would like to express my special and great gratitude to my supervisor, Prof. Xu Libing, for her insightful comments, inspiring direction, and sharing of extensive expertise in these two and half years. Without her generous guide, this thesis would never have come into its final form. Secondly, my heartfelt thanks also go to the students and faculty that participated in this study for without their sincere and genuine help on this project, it would have never been completed. I would also like to express my great appreciation to my friends and colleagues, for their advice and guidance on my thesis. Last but not the least, I am deeply grateful to my family whose understanding and encouragement have always been the source of energy of my study and life. They have sacrificed a lot for raising me up and have always been supportive during the entire period of my education. Thanks for being proud of me. 摘要 亚裔在美国已有长达 150 多年的历史。从 19 世纪后期到 20 世纪中期，亚裔 美国人一直被视为“黄祸”——一群来自东方的异教徒，在各面面都遭受歧视和 排斥。然而，1966 年纽约时报上的两篇报道彻底改观了民众对亚裔的认识。 自 此，美国大众媒体将亚裔描绘成“模范少数族裔”， 意指他们已经成功跻身于主 流社会并实现了美国梦。 本文分析了亚裔形象转变的原因。一方面，亚裔在教育经济上取得的进步是 形象转变的基础, 而他们的成功是由于亚裔自身的努力以及 1965 年新移民的经 济特征共同决定的。另一方面，亚裔形象的转变离不开美国媒体的推波助澜。通 过对媒体报道的分析，模范少数族裔形象被用来证明美国是一个机会均等的精英 社会，并以此来影射其他族裔的惰性和对联邦政府的经济依赖。通过对一系列数 据和案例的深入分析，本文揭露出模范少数族裔神话不仅夸大了亚裔的教育经济 成就，掩盖了亚裔在现实中面临的种种问题；这一形象还给亚裔青少年造成精神 上的压力，并且遭致了其他族裔的反亚裔仇恨，甚至引起了新一轮的黄祸论。 因此，亚裔形象转变的含义不言自明：亚裔的形象并非一成不变，从黄祸到 模范少数族裔的转变是由政治经济多方面因素共同推进的。模范少数族裔形象建 立于一小部分人的成功上，与亚裔在美国的现实处境相悖。亚裔在美国被象征性 地置于其他少数族裔之上，实质上是将亚裔边缘化了，在美国主流眼中他们仍然 是“永远的外国人”。当今亚裔的模范少数族裔形象也是不稳定的，由于他们各 方面竞争力的提升，甚至有可能引起新一轮黄