Purpose
To
educate people about Chinese culture by focusing on
one of the central units from which culture develops: family
To
educate people
about the Chinese family by exploring its history
To
educate people
about the modern Chinese-American family through historical background
and
present-day existence
Audience
Those
who seek to
understand Chinese culture and the Chinese family; those who wish to
better
understand the existence of present-day Chinese-Americans
Chinese person
American-born
Chinese/Chinese person who grew up in America
Those
seeking to
understand parents
Those
seeking to
understand their identities
Those
seeking to
understand their heritage
Chinese
person
growing up outside America:
Those
seeking to
understand their background
Those
seeking to
compare differences between their current existence and those of
present-day
Chinese-Americans
Non-Chinese person
Friend
of a Chinese person
Seeking
to better
understand his/her friend
Seeking
to broaden
his/her understanding of different cultures
Significant
others/fiancés, fiancées/spouses of a Chinese person
Seeking
to understand
his/her partner
Seeking
to understand
his/her partner’s family
Teachers/tutors
of a
Chinese person
Seeking
to understand
the student’s background—perhaps to better tailor the teaching
Seeking
to understand
reasons behind certain behaviors of student
Adoptive/foster
parents of a Chinese person
Seeking
to understand
their child and their child’s behavior/thoughts
Seeking
to understand
the culture of their child and perhaps figure out a certain method to
raise the
child
Justification
Chinese
people make
up a huge bulk of the population of the planet
China
is playing an
increasingly bigger role on the world stage (important to understand
Chinese
culture and people then to better know how to deal/communicate with
China)
People
should
understand their heritage and culture (personal duty to oneself and
important
in one’s identity)
Maintenance
History
Should
not change too
much in the future; may be elaborated/expanded due to new research/new
material
Immigration
Same
as history
Present
Should
be changed and
updated with the times as new studies/surveys/articles come out
About the Site
Sophia
Tsai
Last
Updated:
03
June 2008