“陈查理”是美国小说家厄尔·比格斯侦探小说系列塑造的华裔男性,小说共6部,被改编为47部电影,成为20世纪美国家喻户晓的“模范少数族裔”形象之一。陈查理充满东方智慧,是“美国梦”的代言人,是一个“象征性去势”的从属性和边缘性男子。陈查理作为一个文化符号,隐含着西方文化优越性里的权力关系,确立了美利坚民族的霸权地位与少数族裔的模仿位置。因此,陈查理形象是一种东方主义视角下的建构。 Chen Chali is a Chinese-American man shaped by the American novelist Earl Beas detective novel series. There are altogether 6 novels, which were adapted into 47 films and become well-known American model ethnic minorities in the 20th century. One of the images. Charlie Chan is full of oriental wisdom and is the spokesperson of “American Dream,” a subordinate and marginal man of “symbolic castration.” As a cultural symbol, Chen Chali implied the power relations in the superiority of western culture, established the hegemony position of the American nation and the imitation position of ethnic minorities. Therefore, the image of Chen Chali is constructed from the perspective of orientalism.