Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022)

Crazy Rich Asians: Deformation and Reconciliation of Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law Conflicts in Western-Centralism Perspective

Authors
Siyu An1, Yushu Dong2, Yexuan Xing3, *
1College of Literature and Journalism, Xihua University, Chengdu, 610039, China
2College of Literature and Journalism, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China
3Department of English, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong, SAR of China
*Corresponding author. Email: yexuanxing@ln.hk
Corresponding Author
Yexuan Xing
Available Online 13 February 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_15How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Western-centralism; stereotype; discourse-hegemony; reconciliation
Abstract

This article focuses on Eleanor and Rachel, a mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law and analyzes the causes of conflict and reconciliation between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in terms of stereotypical characterization and discourse hegemony. Western-centralism has shaped the behavior of Eastern mothers-in-law to be old-fashioned, controlling and arrogant, and has put a cultural reason on her behaviors in order to cater to the Western imagination. At the same time, Western-centralism also sets up Rachel, who pursues freedom and independence, contrasted with Eleanor, in order to celebrate the superiority of Western civilization.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
13 February 2023
ISBN
978-2-494069-97-8
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_15How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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