美国华裔文学在华裔的集体身份认定上起到了非常大的作用。当代美国华裔作家通过描述在恶劣的自然环境和文化环境的双重重压下,华夏子民以特有的隐忍和顽强所书写的苦难而传奇的历史,揭露种族主义的美国对华裔的歧视和迫害以及正统的美国历史对华裔历史的消音和扭曲。他们希望通过清理历史来证明几代华裔为美国社会的繁荣做出了不可磨灭的贡 Chinese American literature has played an important role in identifying the collective identity of ethnic Chinese. By describing the legendary history of the Chinese people’s misery and tenacious writings under the dual pressures of the harsh natural environment and the cultural environment, contemporary American Chinese writers exposed the racist American discrimination and persecution against ethnic Chinese and Orthodox American history silences and distorts Chinese history. They hoped to prove that generations of ethnic Chinese made an indelible tribute to the prosperity of American society by cleaning up history