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FLUIDITY OF RELIGIOUS IDENTITY IN DAVID HENRY HWANG'S GOLDEN CHILD

Rajiha Kamel Muthana (Ph.D)


Religion plays a significant role in the lives of human beings, yet, religious fluidity has its own consequences. This paper aims at investigating the impact of religious fluidity on the identity of an early twentieth-century Chinese family. Golden Child illustrates how a devoted Confucian Chinese struggles to leave parts of his culture behind by converting to Christianity. Tieng-Bin's conversion brings good and bad consequences to his household. The story ends with the death of Tieng-Bin's two wives , on the one hand, and with rebirth of Tieng-Bin's daughter, Ahn, on the other hand