走下祭坛的母亲——浅析《灶王之妻》中的母女关系

从女性主义关于母女关系的视角出发,分析了<灶王之妻>中一个美国华裔家庭的母女关系如何从疏离走向亲密,指出主流的"为母之道"话语对华裔母亲的母性体验的边缘化及病态化,从而切断了母女之间亲密联系的纽带,而母女纽带的重建有赖于互相的倾听与诉说.在倾听中了解母亲的历史就是一段重新发现母亲的自主性及主体性的旅程,也是女儿找回其在多元文化背景下的自我意识的旅程.

Stepping Down the Altar: Mother-daughter relationship in The Kitchen God's Wife

This essay approaches Amy Tan's novel The Kitchen God's Wife from the perspective of mother-daughter relationship.It reveals how the dominant discourse of motherhood marginalizes the mothering experiences of a Chinese American mother,and severs the ties between mother and daughter.To reconnect the tie necessitates the effective communication between mother and daughter.Through mother's narrative,a mother with a past is revealed,hence is returned her voice and subjectivity.Meanwhile,a daughter's self-conscio...