TY - JOUR
T1 - Taiwan's fifth ethnic group
T2 - A study of the acculturation and cultural fusion of women who have married into families in Taiwan
AU - Sandel, Todd L.
AU - Liang, Chung-Hui
PY - 2010/8/1
Y1 - 2010/8/1
N2 - One of the under-studied effects of global migration has been an increase in transnational marriages. This phenomenon has greatly impacted Taiwan as women from Southeast Asian nations and Mainland China, through professional marriage brokers or personal contacts, enter into marriages with Taiwanese men. How well these women adapt to Taiwan's culture and learn its local languages is studied through the lens of two theories of intercultural communication: Kim's theory of cross-cultural adaptation and Kramer's theory of cultural fusion. Based upon in-depth interviews with 28 women, results show some support for both theories. However, the postulates of cultural fusion demonstrate a better fit: Learning is an additive process; long-term association with coethnics appears to correlate with greater satisfaction and adaptation; and women's negotiated identities follow a range of outcomes.
AB - One of the under-studied effects of global migration has been an increase in transnational marriages. This phenomenon has greatly impacted Taiwan as women from Southeast Asian nations and Mainland China, through professional marriage brokers or personal contacts, enter into marriages with Taiwanese men. How well these women adapt to Taiwan's culture and learn its local languages is studied through the lens of two theories of intercultural communication: Kim's theory of cross-cultural adaptation and Kramer's theory of cultural fusion. Based upon in-depth interviews with 28 women, results show some support for both theories. However, the postulates of cultural fusion demonstrate a better fit: Learning is an additive process; long-term association with coethnics appears to correlate with greater satisfaction and adaptation; and women's negotiated identities follow a range of outcomes.
KW - Acculturation
KW - Cross-cultural adaptation
KW - Cultural fusion
KW - Taiwan
KW - Transnational families
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79960552249&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17513057.2010.487218
DO - 10.1080/17513057.2010.487218
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79960552249
SN - 1751-3057
VL - 3
SP - 249
EP - 275
JO - Journal of International and Intercultural Communication
JF - Journal of International and Intercultural Communication
IS - 3
ER -