Abstract

The Joy Luck Club, written by Amy Tan, presents the collision between Chinese culture and American culture through conflicts between four group of mother and daughter. It mainly revolves around four Chinese female immigrants' s life in the 1850s in San Francisco. However, there is only few ink to describe the male image in this novel. This essay employs Edward Said's theory of "the other", and it analyzes the voiceless male image in The Joy Luck Club—especially the fathers and the husbands. Through analyzing the hidden cause of the marginal male images, the essay aims to draw the reader's attention to the gender description. At the same time, it explores the profound historical and aesthetic significance that conceals in this novel.

Key words: The Joy Luck Club; the male characters;the other

Contents

Abstract

中文摘要

1 Introduction.1

2 The Silent Men—the Voiceless Father.3

3 The Despicable Husbands in Old China4

4 The Femenine Men—the Dissapearing Masculinity of Husbands.7

5 The False Hero—the Chauvinism of the American Man8

6 Conclusion.11

References .13