Pangs of Love tells the experiences of Chinese American immigrants, and especially the pangs the narrator, as a second generation, feels in family, love and social affairs. Based on the analysis of the narrator's ...Pangs of Love tells the experiences of Chinese American immigrants, and especially the pangs the narrator, as a second generation, feels in family, love and social affairs. Based on the analysis of the narrator's pangs, this paper argues that it is mainly the uncertainty of cultural identity that leads to the pangs of the narrator, and of the second generation Chinese Americans. This paper shows that the second generation can take advantage of their dual but conflicting cultural heritages to develop a renewed and specific cultural identity.展开更多
David Wong Louie demonstrates the emotional pangs between the immigrant parent Mrs. Pang and her Americanized children in Pangs of Love. Through examining the source of the pangs, this paper argues that characters'...David Wong Louie demonstrates the emotional pangs between the immigrant parent Mrs. Pang and her Americanized children in Pangs of Love. Through examining the source of the pangs, this paper argues that characters'pangs mainly stem from confrontations between their different cultural identities. Focusing on the way of dealing with conflicts of cultural identities in contemporary Chinese American families, this paper illuminates that Chinese Americans need to cross cultural borders and negotiate cultural identity between Chinese and American cultures under the circumstance of globalization.展开更多
Pang Anshi (courtesy name:Pan Anchang,styled himself Qishui Taoist,1042-1099) was from Qizhou Prefecture (present Hubei Province).He was a famous scholar of the school of cold-induced diseases in the Northern Song Dyn...Pang Anshi (courtesy name:Pan Anchang,styled himself Qishui Taoist,1042-1099) was from Qizhou Prefecture (present Hubei Province).He was a famous scholar of the school of cold-induced diseases in the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127).His works Supplement to the Herbals (Ben Cao Bu Yi),Pulse Study (Mai Fa),Zhu Dui Ji,etc.are all lost.His only remaining one is the General Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases (Shang Han Zong Bing Lun).展开更多
In this paper, through the analysis of the pangs of love from David Wong Louie's Pangs of Love, which is a type of love experienced by people alienated by culture, language, and generation, by focusing on the chan...In this paper, through the analysis of the pangs of love from David Wong Louie's Pangs of Love, which is a type of love experienced by people alienated by culture, language, and generation, by focusing on the changes happen in the Pangs in America, we will explores the causes of the pangs of love between Mrs. Pang and her sons, i.e. they both choose an opposite side to treat the alien culture. And this paper tries to seek a solution: to have a compromised way which can blend the two cultures and have open mind towards the alien culture.展开更多
文摘Pangs of Love tells the experiences of Chinese American immigrants, and especially the pangs the narrator, as a second generation, feels in family, love and social affairs. Based on the analysis of the narrator's pangs, this paper argues that it is mainly the uncertainty of cultural identity that leads to the pangs of the narrator, and of the second generation Chinese Americans. This paper shows that the second generation can take advantage of their dual but conflicting cultural heritages to develop a renewed and specific cultural identity.
文摘David Wong Louie demonstrates the emotional pangs between the immigrant parent Mrs. Pang and her Americanized children in Pangs of Love. Through examining the source of the pangs, this paper argues that characters'pangs mainly stem from confrontations between their different cultural identities. Focusing on the way of dealing with conflicts of cultural identities in contemporary Chinese American families, this paper illuminates that Chinese Americans need to cross cultural borders and negotiate cultural identity between Chinese and American cultures under the circumstance of globalization.
文摘Pang Anshi (courtesy name:Pan Anchang,styled himself Qishui Taoist,1042-1099) was from Qizhou Prefecture (present Hubei Province).He was a famous scholar of the school of cold-induced diseases in the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127).His works Supplement to the Herbals (Ben Cao Bu Yi),Pulse Study (Mai Fa),Zhu Dui Ji,etc.are all lost.His only remaining one is the General Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases (Shang Han Zong Bing Lun).
文摘In this paper, through the analysis of the pangs of love from David Wong Louie's Pangs of Love, which is a type of love experienced by people alienated by culture, language, and generation, by focusing on the changes happen in the Pangs in America, we will explores the causes of the pangs of love between Mrs. Pang and her sons, i.e. they both choose an opposite side to treat the alien culture. And this paper tries to seek a solution: to have a compromised way which can blend the two cultures and have open mind towards the alien culture.
