CHINESE MOTHER AS OTHER UNDER PATRIARCHY AND RACISM The Chinese Mothers’ Image in The Joy Luck Club from the Perspective of Orientalism
Journal Title: European Journal of Business and Social Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 10
Abstract
Among all the Chinese American writers, Amy Tan undoubtedly occupies a representative position. Her novel The Joy Luck Club wins several prestigious awards. Based on the concept of the Other encompassed in Orientalism, the paper makes an attempt at analyzing the Chinese mothers’ image under patriarchy and racism. On the one hand, the Chinese mothers endure the discrimination from the eastern patriarchal society. On the other hand, they also have to face the racial prejudice from the western white society. All abovementioned created the tragedies of the Chinese mothers, thus becoming obedient, silent and exotic Other. This paper shows Tan’s Orientalism and exoticism tendency in her writing about the Chinese mothers. Her descriptions highlight the Chinese mothers as the image of Other.
Authors and Affiliations
Xiaoyan Peng| School of Foreign Languages, Inner Mongolian University Finance and Economics, Hohhot, Inner Mongolian, China
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