A qualitative study of intergenerational cultural conflicts among second-generation Chinese Americans and Taiwanese Americans.

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-57
Author(s):  
Jessica Liu ◽  
Christopher T. H. Liang ◽  
David Nguyen ◽  
Katherine Melo
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Chinese Americans ◽  
Cultural Conflicts

The Li of Chinese American Familism

2019 ◽  
pp. 127-156
Author(s):  
Russell M. Jeung ◽  
Seanan S. Fong ◽  
Helen Jin Kim
Keyword(s):  
Rites Of Passage ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Chinese American ◽  
Chinese Americans ◽  
American Identity ◽  
Immigrant Parents ◽  
Cultural Scripts ◽  
The Family ◽  
Tea Ceremony ◽  
Over Time

Chapter 6 identifies how Chinese Americans maintain the value of family through rituals, including rites of passage, ethnic routines, and table traditions. Rites of passage such as the wedding tea ceremony provide individuals with distinct responsibilities within the family. Ethnic routines, including family meals, transnational visits, and reunions, inculcate the norms of hospitality, reciprocity, and face/shame. They also teach the cultural scripts of familism through table traditions, such as pouring tea. Traditions and rituals change over time, however, and second-generation Chinese Americans pass on their liyi values and ethics differently than their immigrant parents did. The second generation lack a migration story of family sacrifice and have an attenuated knowledge of Chinese liyi traditions, and racialized multiculturalism further reduces ethnic traditions to what is marketable and consumable. Chinese Americans therefore hybridize and Americanize their ethnicity, which results in a new liyi Chinese American identity that consists of food and fun.

scholarly journals Multiculturalism: An antidote to racism or untouched inequalities? A comparative study of second-generation Jamaicans and second-generation Portuguese in Toronto

INYI Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 4-11
Author(s):  
Esra Ari
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Visible Minority ◽  
Minority Status ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
Generation Immigrant

This research examines the effects of “race” and “class” on the economic and social integration of second-generation Jamaicans (n=23) and Portuguese (n=20) in Canada. This qualitative study uses interview data to compare the role of multiculturalism in the integration of two second-generation immigrant groups. I find that the integration of these two groups differs based on their visible minority status and their social class. These results are important to develop policies for the integration of racialized native-born youth into a multiethnic society.

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