Constructing Identity among Chinese American through Jean Kwok Novels Mambo in Chinatown: Postcolonial Study

Melly Andani, Elin Eprilin Fitrian Miela Putri
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This study aims to see how Chinese American people as immigrants in America construct their identity while facing two different cultures in society. This research is a descriptive qualitative study and using postcolonial approach. This study used novel by Mambo in Chinatown by Jean Kwok as the main data. Another document, journal, and author’s interview as the secondary data. Ambivalence by Homi K. Bhabha will used as the main theory of this research. The main data collected after the researcher goes through close reading of the novel. The result of this study show that ambivalence occur through this novel. This study also highlights that the struggle of the character in the novel reflect the reality life of Chinese American immigrant in America. Seen from their arrival in America and how the first-generation immigrant transferring Chinese culture and value to their children as the second-generation in America.
从郭炳湘小说《唐人街的曼波》看华裔美国人的身份建构:后殖民研究
本研究旨在探讨美籍华人移民在面对两种不同的社会文化时,如何建构自己的身份认同。本研究采用后殖民方法进行描述性定性研究。本研究以郭让的小说《唐人街的曼波》为主要资料。另一份文件、日志和作者访谈作为辅助资料。本研究将使用Homi K. Bhabha的矛盾心理理论作为主要理论。研究者仔细阅读小说后收集到的主要资料。研究结果表明,矛盾心理贯穿小说始终。本研究也强调小说中人物的挣扎反映了美国华人移民在美国的现实生活。从他们来到美国,第一代移民如何将中国文化和价值观传递给他们在美国的第二代孩子。
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