Background of Joy Luck Club's Works

From 65438 to the 1960s, the United States has been described as a "paradise" integrating freedom, democracy and wealth. In the first half of the 20th century, the older generation of China immigrants to the United States had to deliberately integrate into the strong American culture in order to adapt to the new environment, but they were still attached to the weak China culture. Their children are eager to become real members of American society and fully integrate into the powerful American culture. The Joy Luck Club, a novel by Amy Tan, an immigrant writer, reflects this subtle change in attitudes and concepts of Chinese Americans.

In 1960s, American civil rights movement, feminist movement and anti-Vietnam War greatly stimulated the national consciousness of Asian Americans. Most "native" Chinese writers, such as Amy Tan, openly emphasize their American identity in order to construct their Americanism. Behind this cognition, there are not only the historical background of China immigrants' vicissitudes and humiliation for hundreds of years, but also the racist culture and political factors prevailing in the United States. For Amy Tan, the United States is home, and China is just a distant "other". Therefore, the cultural hegemony phenomenon of "progressive" and "first world" overlooking "backward" and "third world" appears constantly in his novels.