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From Conservative To Culture Communication

Posted on:2008-02-27Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:B ZhouFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360215495814Subject:Special History
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This article elaborated the background, the reason, functionand the development prospect of culture of the American Chinese people.A lot of Chinese people arrived at America one after another from the 19thcentury 40's and, formed the early US Chinese community. The American Chinesepeople had to stay in the relatively closed Chinatown under the row of China'sinfluence. The Qing government vigorously showed courtsy to the AmericanChinese people and carried out the Chinese education. The American Chinesepeople faced the conflict of Chinese and the Western culture, but they stillremained the Chinese traditional culture. Since the US has promulgated "theChina Exclusion Act" in 1882, US continuously repelled Chinese. The USChinese community had been formed in cultural difference when they face theChina-West culture conflict, When the American Chinese people facing theAmerican culture, they have to move suitably, tries hard to coordinatebetween the China and the West culture. The older generation Chineseimmigrated mainly to keep the Chinese culture, and gradually accepted theAmerican culture But the newborn Chinese people are in the cognition betweenthe Chinese culture and the American culture. In Chinese family, theconflict, solution, of Chinese and the Western culture displays for thedomestic dispute conflict, and solution. After World Warâ…¡, US governmentabolished the China Exclusion Act and, implemented the new immigration law,at the same time gave up the policy of limiting the Asian immigrants. Soa lot of Chinese people immigrated to the US. The relationship between Chinaand US has become normal. The second-generation to the fourth generationof locally born Chinese people, have totally accepted the American culture, newly immigrants including the Chinese people the non- locally born Chinesepeople mainly to accept the Chinese culture. Chinese culture and Americanculture became to communicate with each other and the "American Chinesepeople culture" came into being. The American Chinese people culture becomesone of the American multicultural, and the mutually exchanges, supplement,communicating development, with other American cultures, which promotes thedevelopment of American multicultural society.
Keywords/Search Tags:American Chinese people culture, Occur, Develop, Study
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