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1、On“PushingHands”fromtheInterculturalPerspective　　【Abstract】Inthispaper，IamgoingtoanalyzetheconflictsandproblemsthatareshowninAngLee’sfilmPushingHandsfromtheperspectiveofinterculturalcommunication.Thisfilmrevealsthattheremaybenotperfectequalitybetweencultures；however，the

2、reisgreatpossibilitythatthetwoculturesdevelopfromconflictstofusionwithself-adjustmentandmoremutualunderstandingbetweencultures.　　【Keywords】intercultural；conflicts；fusion　　1.AnIntroductionoftheFilm　　ThefilmPushingHandstellsthestoriesinthefamilies，betweenthetraditionalold

3、parentsandtheirwesternizedoffspring.ItisaboutanelderlyChineseman，Mr.Chu，aconservativeChinesefromBeijingimmigratingtotheunitedstate，afterhisretirementtolivewithhisson，Americandaughter-in-lawMartha，andgrandsoninNewYork.However，becauseofthedeeplanguageandculturalgap，bothhe

4、andMarthawereunwillingtolearnother’snativelanguageandaccepttheirrespectivelifestyle；somefrictionsweregraduallyemergedbetweenthemduringhisstayinAmerica.Moreover，ithasexploreddeeplytheissuesofinterculturalandgenerationalconflicts，whichbecomethebackboneofthefilmworks.　　2.I

5、nevitableCulturalConflictsWhentheEastMeetstheWest　　2.1TheConflictsinMaterialCultures　　Whenpeoplefromdifferentculturalbackgroundscomeacrossandcommunicate，theirdifferencesareobviousandeasilycauseconflictsbetweenfamilymembers.Inthefilm“PushingHands”，Martha，thewhitedaughter

6、-in-lawbecamebadtemperedforthesmallnessofthehouse，especiallywhentheoldMr.Chu’scomingtoliveindisturbsherregularpaceoflife.Soherfriend，arealestatebaron’svisitseemedtobringaperfectsolution.　　ItisnothardtoseethattherealproblemforMarthaiscompletelynottheoldMr.Chu’sunexpected

7、comingwhichlookslikemakingherlifesobadevenlikeamess；onthecontrary，itisjustthatsheisnotreadyenoughtoshareaplace，orinotherwords，justthesameworkroomwithanoldman.Sonothingisbetterthananewandbiggerhouse.However，fromthedialogue，weknowtheoldMr.Chu’ssonAlexopposestothisidea.Why

8、？Theapparentreasonistheshortofmoney.Butinfactasthedialoguegoes，wegettoknowoneofthemainreasonsisnotthelackofmon