Comparison of Power Distance between Chinese Culture and American Culture ——A Case Study of the Wedding Banquet 通过《喜宴》中对比中美权力差距

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1、ComparisonofPowerDistancebetweenChineseCultureandAmericanCulture——ACaseStudyoftheWeddingBanquetAbstract:ThispapercomparesthedifferencesofpowerdistancebetweenChinaandAmericathroughstudyingthecaseofTheWeddingBanquet.Moreover,itdescribesthephenomenaofpowerdistanceinrealit

2、yintermsofpaternalism,workplacerelationsandrelationsbetweenteachersandstudentsinbothcountries.Inaddiction,thedifferentreasonswhypowerdistancecameintobeingrespectivelyinChinaandAmericaareillustratedinthelaterpartofthispaper.Andfinallyitprovidesseveralsolutionstothecommu

3、nicationbarriersincurredbysuchdifference.Keywords:Powerdistance,differences,paternalism,workplacerelations,relationsbetweenteachersandstudents通过《喜宴》中对比中美权力差距摘要：本论文通过研究《喜宴》这部电影，对比了中国与美国不同的权力距离。接着，本论文描述了中美两国现实生活中的权力距离现象，这些权力距离现象在父母与孩子的关系，职场关系以及师生关系上都大有不同。再者，本论文分别论述了造成中国与

4、美国权力距离差异的多种原因。最后本论文为由于这些原因而引起的交流障碍提供了解决方案。关键词：权力距离；差异；父权主义；职场关系；师生关系ContentsAbstract:1摘要：11.Introduction3232.Literaturereview33.Methodology44.TheoreticalFramework54.1GeneralintroductiontoHofstede’sResearch54.2DescriptionofthePowerDistanceTheory55.MainBody65.1Themaincon

5、tentofTheWeddingBanquet65.2Detaileddescriptionofthepowerdistanceinthisfilm65.2.1Detailedinformationshowinghighpowerdistance65.2.2Detailedinformationshowinglowpowerdistance85.2.3Conclusion:95.3.PhenomenaAnalysisandSolutionstothedifferences95.3.1Phenomenaofhighpowerdista

6、nceinChina105.3.2PhenomenaoflowpowerdistanceinAmerica145.3.3Summary165.4Reasonsofdifferentpowerdistanceinthetwocultures175.4.1Agriculturalcivilizationandbusinesscivilization175.4.2Officialcivilizationandcitizencivilization175.4.3Confucianethicsandprotestantethics185.5D

7、iscussionofrelevantsolutionstothedifferentpowerdistanceinbothcountries195.5.1Personalviewpointsonpowerdistance195.5.2Solutions206.Conclusion21Reference221.IntroductionInordertoinvestigatehowwork-relatedvaluesdifferacrosscultures,thefamousDutchinterculturalistGeertHofst

8、ededidaresearch.Powerdistanceisoneofthefourculturaldimensionsonwhichculturesdiffer.Twentyyearslater,theworldis23chang