Exploring the Cultural Differences Between the US and China in “The Joy Luck Club” Through the Lens of Family Values

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10.2991/assehr.k.210519.125How to use a DOI?

Keywords

“The Joy Luck Club”, family values, cultural differences

Abstract

The article aims to explore the differences in Chinese and American family values between the two generations of immigrants in the film “The Joy Luck Club”. Mainly through literature research method, case study method, exploratory research method and qualitative research method, it finds that the cultural differences between the Chinese and American family values in “The Joy Luck Club” are large. It also combines Hofstede’s cultural dimension theory to find out the reasons for the cultural differences between the two. The article is to provide a reference for effectively reducing or avoiding cultural conflicts in intercultural communication in the future.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xue Tang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/05/20
TI  - Exploring the Cultural Differences Between the US and China in “The Joy Luck Club” Through the Lens of Family Values
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 638
EP  - 642
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210519.125
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210519.125
ID  - Tang2021
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