《中国佬》中,汤亭亭以家族移民史为原型,通过讲述自己家族几代华裔男性在美国艰苦奋斗历程,重新书写了被美国社会遗忘,抹杀的华裔移民的英雄史诗。重塑华裔英雄史诗,描述早期华人移民英雄形象,驳斥了主流文化对华人所作的“不情愿的暂居者”的规约话语,并进而表明华人是美国土地上理所应当的主人,确认其文化身份。 In The Chinaman, Maxine Kingston revived the heroic epic of Chinese immigrants who were obliterated and obliterated by the American society by describing the history of clan emigration as a prototype and by describing the hard work of several generations of Chinese men of their own families in the United States. Remodeling Chinese heroic epic, describing the heroic image of early Chinese immigrants, refuting the discourse of the “reluctant temporary resident” made by the mainstream culture to Chinese and further indicating that the Chinese are the masters of the proper land in the United States, confirming Its cultural identity.