The Awakening of Female Consciousness under the Fusion of Chinese and Western Cultural Conflicts from the Perspective of Eat Drink Man Woman

Abstract

Ang Lee's works fully reflect the conflict and fusion between Chinese and western cultures due to his own identity as a cross-cultural film communicator, which has also been the focus of academic attention. This theme is reflected in the film Eat Drink Man Woman, which focuses on an ordinary family in Taiwan. The father is more exposed to traditional Chinese cultural elements while the daughters are more influenced by western culture. The feminism embodied in the film forms a special characterization of the film, which is dominated by female characters, therefore making the element worth studying. This article uses textual analysis as the main research method, using the three sisters of the Zhu family and Jinrong as examples, and focuses on the analysis of character images and film content to study the various changes in the image of oriental women arising from the fusion of Chinese and western cultural conflicts, and to explore the embodiment of the awakening of female consciousness in the film from multiple perspectives in the direction of patriarchy, the concept of marriage, love, self-desire, and gender order. Ang Lee has always tried to find a balance between Chinese and western cultures that is acceptable to the world; because of his status as a male writer, the female characters can reflect a unique understanding of the female image and the awakening of female consciousness from a male's perspective, which is quite charming despite its limitations.