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A Chinese Cultural Interpretation of the Film The Guasha Treatment
YUE Jian-ying
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DOI:10.17265/1539-8080/2016.11.009
North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China
The Guasha Treatment is a film about cultural conflicts experienced by a Chinese family in the USA. It vividly portrays the cultural shock experienced by Chinese immigrants to the USA and is a very good case of intercultural communication. The film highlights these Chinese cultural elements: the Guasha treatment, collectivism, Chinese concept of face, Chinese filial piety, and Chinese worship of monkey king. These cultural norms, to some extent, are hard to comprehend by Americans. This paper tends to make an analysis of the film through the perspective of Chinese culture with the aim to help foreigners understand the theme of the movie.
The Guasha Treatment, intercultural communication, Chinese culture
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