文化身份问题是当前全球化背景下文化和文学研究的热门话题,本文以此作为切入点,对美国现代作家斯坦贝克的长篇小说《伊甸之东》中的华人老李这一形象进行分析,老李在中美两国关系不断变化的历史背景下经历了文化身份的确认、伪装与重构的艰辛历程,作家塑造的这个形象是对美国主流霸权话语中华人定型化形象的一次修正。 The issue of cultural identity is a hot topic in cultural and literary studies under the background of current globalization. Taking this as an entry point, this article analyzes the image of the Chinese old man Lee, the novel of the American modern writer Steinbeck’s East of Eden, Lao Li experienced the arduous process of the confirmation, disguise and reconstruction of cultural identity under the changing historical background of the Sino-American relations. The image created by the writer is a revision of the stereotyped image of the Chinese in the mainstream domination discourse of the United States.