A contrastive study of Chinese and American family values 英语专业毕业论文.doc

A contrastive study of Chinese and American family values Contents 1. Introduction----------------------------------------------------------------------1 2. A Brief Introduction of the Desperate Housewives and Definitions of Family and Family Values -----------------------------------------------------2 2.1. A Brief Introduction of the Desperate Housewives------------------------2 2.2. Definition of Family-----------------------------------------------------------3 2.3. Definition of Family Values--------------------------------------------------3 3. Differences between Family Values of Chinese and Americans Based on the Television Series-----------------------------------------------4 3.1. Differences between Houses of Chinese and Americans---------------4 3.2. Differences between Marital Values of Chinese and Americans-------5 3.3. Differences between Parent-Child relationship of Chinese and Americans------------------------------------------------------------------5 4. Reasons for the Differences between Chinese and Americans Family Values----------------------------------------------------------------------6 4.1. Geography---------------------------------------------------------------------6 4.2, History--------------------------------------------------------------------------7 4.3. Belief---------------------------------------------------------------------------8 Conclusion----------------------------------------------------------------------9 Bibliography----------------------------------------------------------------------11 Acknowledgements--------------------------------------------------------------12 Abstract The Desperate Housewives is one of the typical television series reflecting the lives of American middle-class families. The series demonstrate the family values of Americans in many aspects which are different from that of Chinese. Family is the basic miniature of the social and economic activities, and it is the basic unit that con