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題 名 | Home Is Where My Family Is: Intergenerational Differences in Constructions of Belongingness in the Chinese Diaspora in Australia |
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作 者 | Hibbins, Raymond; | 書刊名 | 休閒與遊憩研究 |
卷 期 | 3:1 2009.05[民98.05] |
頁 次 | 頁1-30 |
分類號 | 577.6 |
關鍵詞 | Memories; Home; Leisure; Identity; Diaspora; Transnationalism; Capital; Migration; Ethnicity; |
語 文 | 英文(English) |
英文摘要 | This paper will address in part, one of the central questions of the Congress, viz., how does leisure promote affirmation and identity development as well as the sense of belonging within a community? It will do this by reporting on two studies comparing the migration experiences of Chinese male migrants to Australia and those of a younger sample of Taiwanese male and female migrants. The studies use qualitative methodology and are influenced by social constructionism and the method of constant comparisons. Both samples are part of the Chinese and/or Taiwanese diasporic communities in Australia but are linked through transnational experiences to communities in their respective countries of birth. Memories of games played with friends on apartment block rooftops, of times spent with family members and other kin, of the Cultural Revolution and its effects particularly on families, of sexual encounters and marriage, of workplace experiences in overseas postings and of times spent in overseas universities infuse the identities of the sample of 40 Chinese male migrants to Australia. Such memories especially typical of leisure experiences help migrant men locate themselves in space and time. The younger Taiwanese migrants also use leisure to locate themselves. Members of both samples have had prior migration experiences. The paper will test and explore the proposition that 'home' is a constantly negotiated place for migrants (Baldassar, 2001). The memories relating to the proposed importance of ties to, and commitments to people and places in each of these spaces will be discussed. Where applicable, the influence of age, social class, gender and sexuality will be introduced to the discussion of intergenerational differences on identity construction among transnational subjects in these studies. In the acculturation process the influences of the broader Australian culture, the Chinese diaspora are evident as the migrants develop their social, cultural and symbolic capital under conditions of marginalisation, segregation, assimilation and integration. |
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