Abstract: The Chinese American female writer Amy Tan plays an important role in the development of Chinese-American literature, and the theme of her works never deviates from the family history of Chinese immigrants. The Bonesetter’s Daughter is her fourth and the most autobiographical novel. It best displays the mother-daughter relationships. Thus, the paper will analyze the mother-daughter conflicts of a Chinese immigrant family and the experience they suffered as an “other” of patriarchy and mainstream culture from postcolonial feminist perspective. And it will also try to find out how they recognize their identities, remit contradictions, overcome identity anxiety and realize self-identification. What’s more, it will reflect the understanding and identification between Chinese traditional culture and American modern civilization, orient faith and occidental value. 
Key word: Amy Tan, mother-daughter relationship, the other, identity anxiety, self-identification

摘 要：美国华裔女性作家谭恩美在华裔文学的发展史上担任了一个重要的角色，并且她的写作主题从未离开过从中国移民到美国的家族史，而《接骨师之女》是谭恩美第四部也是最具自传性的一部小说，同时也是描写母女关系最为深刻的一部。本文试从后殖民女性主义角度来解读该作品，通过对美国一华人移民家庭中的母女冲突，以及她们作为父权和主流文化的“他者”的经历进行分析，探讨她们如何在双重边缘性境地中认识和找回自己的身份，缓解矛盾，消除身份焦虑，表达自己的声音，并实现自我认同。同时也折射出了中国传统文化与美国现代文明、东方信仰与西方价值标准之间的相互理解与认同。
关键词：谭恩美；母女关系；他者；身份焦虑；自我认同