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1、ThedifferencesbetweenChinesefamilyandAmericanfamilyAbstract:Familyisthebasicminiatureofthesocialeconomicactivity,anditisthebasicunitthatconstitutesthesociety.Thevaluesofthesocietyrelyonpeople’sfamilyvaluesinalargedegree.However,duetothedifferenceofgeo
2、graphicalandhistoricalbackground,religionandbelief,differentnationshavetheirownfamilyvalues.AclearanddirectcontrastbetweenChineseandAmericanfamilyvaluescanbridgeovertheircommunicationgap.ThepaperfirstintroducedtheDefinitionsofFamilies.Itthen,focuseson
3、thedifierenttypesoffamiliesinChinaandAmerica.Inthefollowingsection,thepaperproceedstoelaboratetheextensionoffamilytosocialrelationships.ThePaperendsbydiscussingthedifierentattitudetowardsFamilymembersKeywords:family;values;socialrelationships;filialpi
4、ety;age;friendshipTheFamilyisthebasicunitofsociety.Itreflectstheethicalvaluesofasociety,itsculturalcharacteristiesandtheuniquefeaturesofanation.Thefamilyisamongtheoldestandthemostfundamentalofallhumaninstitutions.ThisechoesofGalvinandBrommel’swordstha
5、twewerebornintoafamily,matureinafamily,formnewfamilies,andleavethematourdeath.Familylifeisauniversalhumanexperience.Thefamilyisalsoanexperiencethathelpsshapethewayinwhichoneseesandinteractswiththeworld(Davis,2001).Manyanthropologistsandsociologists(DE
6、NC,1988)havesaidthatdescribingthefamilyinasocietyissufficienttoshowthetruequalityandcharacteristiesofthenation.1.DefinitionsofFamilyTraditionallyspeaking,familyshouldbedefinedasagroupofpeoplerelatedbyblood,marriageoradoption,livingtogether,toformecono
7、micties,tofertilizeandtobringupchildren.Accordingtothisidea,familiesformthecontinuationthroughchild-rearing.“Familyisthebasicunitofasociety;itisverymuchlikeamirror,reflectingthesociety’sculturalcharacteristics,moralbeliefs,economicandpoliticalrelation
8、sandothersocialproblems.”Differentculturescreatedifferentfamilies,whichatthesametimecausedifferentconceptsoffamilies.Consequently,thedifferentconceptsoffamilybetweenChinaandAmericaareascribedtodifferentculturalcontextsinthetwocountries.Cultura