Abstract

With more and more international communication, there are more and more transnational families in the world. Two people from different countries have different cultural backgrounds. So when they form a family, it is inevitable that the transnational family members will have some cultural conflicts. The author tries to analyze the cultural conflicts in American-Chinese families by taking the film Pushing Hands as an example, and tries to discuss the major reasons for the cultural conflicts.
This paper is made up of five parts. The first part introduces the definition and causes of transnational families. The second part introduces the main content and main characters of Pushing Hands. The third part analyzes the cultural conflicts between transnational family members reflected in the film Pushing Hands in terms of four aspects: different diet customs, different ways of family education, different attitudes to parents, and different languages. The fourth tries to discuss the reasons for these cultural conflicts happened in American-Chinese families in three aspects: social backgrounds, ideas of family education, and family values. In the last part, the author makes some suggestions for transnational family members as to how to get along well with each other. The author hopes this paper can stimulate the cultural communication as well as help transnational members lead a happier and more harmonious life.

Key words: conflicts; family education; family values

摘  要

随着国际交流的增多，世界上有越来越多的跨国家庭。来自不同国家，有着不同文化背景的两个人组成一个家庭，在相处过程中毫无疑问会经常发生很多文化冲突。作者以电影《推手》为载体，主要分析中美跨国家庭文化冲突的表现，并且对文化冲突产生的主要原因进行探究。
全文分为五个部分：第一部分简要介绍了跨国家庭的定义和跨国家庭产生的主要原因；第二部分介绍了电影《推手》的主要内容及其中的主要角色；第三部分作者主要通过不同的饮食，不同的家庭教育，不同的家庭观念，以及不同的语言这四个方面来分析在电影《推手》中反映出跨国家庭成员之间的文化矛盾冲突；第四部分作者试图从不同的社会背景，家庭教育观念和家庭观念这三个部分来探讨在跨国家庭中文化矛盾冲突产生的原因；最后一部分作者就跨国家庭成员如何很好的共处提出了一些建议。作者希望这篇论文不仅能够让跨国家庭成员过上一个更快乐和谐的生活，也能更好地促进文化交流。

关键词：冲突；家庭教育；家庭观念