中美家庭文化差异的比较研究-以电影《推手》为例_英语论文

A Comparative Study on the Family Cultural Differences between China and America------Taking the Movie Pushing Hands as an Example

摘要

随着全球化的发展，不同民族和国家的人们之间交往越来越密切。这就意味着，来自不同文化背景的群体在进行跨文化交流时必然会遭遇文化冲突。家庭作为人类生活最基本的社会群体，同样无法超越不同的文化背景。电影《推手》是李安导演的三部反映家庭问题和中西方文化冲突电影中的一部，它借由中国传统文化在新一代年轻人身上的传承与后天的西方生活习惯的碰撞，来揭示文化冲突带来的问题。

本文借助前人的研究成果，以电影《推手》为例，从家庭观念、家庭生活方式、伦理道德等几个方面分析中美家庭文化的差异以及形成这些差异的原因，从而让我们更深刻地了解两国不同的家庭文化，有助于促进文化的适应和中西方文化的交流。

关键词：家庭文化；差异；对比

Abstract

As the globalization proceeds, interaction between people of different nations and countries is getting closer. This means that cultural conflicts will inevitably encounter groups from different cultural backgrounds during the intercultural communication. The family, as the basic social groups of human life, can also not transcend different cultural backgrounds. The movie Pushing Hands is one of Ang Lee's three movies which reflect family issues and cultural conflicts. It reveals the problems caused by cultural conflicts by borrowing the collision of Chinese traditional culture in a new generation of young people who has acquired western heritage and lifestyle.

Based on previous researches, this thesis takes the movie Pushing Hands as an example, to analyze the differences between Chinese and American family culture and the reasons for these differences from the aspects of family values, lifestyle, ethics, etc, so that we gain a deeper understanding of the two different family cultures. It helps to promote cultural exchange and the adaptation of western culture.

Key words:  family cultures  differences  comparison