Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club explores the multifaceted roles of women in Chinese-American society, focusing on intergenerational relationships, cultural expectations, and the struggle for identity. Through the voices of mothers and daughters, the novel highlights how women navigate societal pressures while shaping their own destinies. This paper analyzes these dynamics using textual evidence, literary theory, and sociocultural context.

Women, identity, culture, feminism

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