生于美国，他们在文字中找到自己

Anyway, 他们都是黑头发黄皮肤，能说一口地道英语，自小受美国文化熏陶，同时也受到中国文化潜移默化的影响。他们是ABC, 也是人们常说的“香蕉人”。

黄皮白心，指的是长着华人脸孔却彻底西化的人。有人说，香蕉人抛弃了中国传统文化，却也难以在美国社会得到身份认同，从而导致在夹缝中生存的尴尬境地。

摆脱“香蕉人”的偏见，一直是困扰ABC的难题。于是他们试图将自己的文化特质融进文字，最常见的便是在作品中加入中国民俗人物、故事，从而建立独特的群体身份。

1. 谭恩美/Amy Tan

美籍华裔作家谭恩美，1952年出生于美国加州奥克兰。因处女作《喜福会》（The Joy Luck Club）一举成名，成为当代美国畅销作家。

The Moon Lady, Queen Mother of the Western Skies, and the magpies of good luck. By using these myths and symbolisms in her bestselling novel "The Joy Luck Club," not only did Amy Tan capture the interest of millions of readers, it also gave mainstream America an insight into Chinese-American culture.

该书连续40周登上《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜，销量达500万册，拍成电影也创造了不错的票房成绩。

电影版《喜福会》剧照

2. 汤婷婷/Maxine Hong Kingston

汤婷婷，祖籍广东新会，1940年出生于美国加利福尼亚州蒙士得顿市。美国颇具实力的女性主义作家，作品《女勇士》(The Woman Warrior : memoirs of a girlhood among ghosts) 是其代表作。

Award-winning novelist Maxine Hong Kingston featured the story of Mulan prominently in her book, "The Woman Warrior". Throughout the five chapters of the novel, Kingston blends autobiography with old Chinese folktales.

King-Kok Cheung

Professor in UCLA"I think for Kingston, who was born in the 1940s, was a time when both American and Chinese culture was extremely sexist. To think about warriors--women warriors, someone who is so different from the teaching she is subjected to. So it's very refreshing. That's why I think they are particularly attracted to these stories."

3. 陈美玲/Marilyn Chin

陈美玲，1955年出生于香港，著名美籍华人作家、诗人。

Like Kingston, Chin also uses Liao-Zhai or Chinese ghost stories, which features powerful female ghost figures and fox women. Works by the two writers are often taught in universities across America.

Wait a Minute!!!难道只有女性作家才会在作品中加入中国民间故事元素???

There's this stereotype about the Asian-American minority that they're seen as being more feminine, not just women but men also. Therefore, male writers are much more interested in exploring issues about masculinityusing Chinese folklores.

4. 赵建秀/Frank Chin

赵建秀，1940年生于美国加利福尼亚州伯克利，是第五代美国华裔。他一直努力在中国文化中寻找英雄来建构华裔美国人的男性气质，以此与白人男性霸权抗争，其代表作为《唐老亚》(Donald Duk)。

赵建秀在《唐老亚》中加入了《水浒传》中的人物及故事，还用代表忠义的关公形象来重构自己相对独立的族裔身份，消除美国主流社会对华裔男性的刻板印象。

King-Kok Cheung (Professor in UCLA):

A lot of Chinese folktales are very memorable. I still teach things like Journey to the West to my American kids. It's what makes you special. It adds to the writing. It's not any different from any writers who are very creative and use whatever they can from their imagination. It enriches their imagination as oppose to just the stereotypical American tales.

那些对于中国人来说从小听到大的民间故事，对于美籍华裔作家们来说则是扭转偏见，向美国主流社会展现自己独特文化特质的绝佳途径。当ABC再被问及“你们来自哪儿”的时候，他们能想到自己究竟与周围的朋友们有何不同。

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