Essays about: "Simin Golchin"

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  1. 1. The Process of Identity Formation in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club : Amy Tan´s The Joy Luck Club

    University essay from Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Simin Golchin; [2011]
    Keywords : identity formation process; cultural clashes; language discrepancies; generational gaps; cultural hybridization; hybrid identity;

    Abstract : Like most ethnic and multicultural narratives, Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club revolves around the development of an identity in which immigrant experience and all the questions of ethno- cultural identity that attend to it play central roles. The aim of this essay is to investigate the process of identity formation of the second-generation Chinese immigrant daughters who encounter Chinese culture at home while having the immediate experience of living in America, with a focus on the cultural, language and generational gaps that exist between the Chinese mothers and their American- born daughters. READ MORE