TY - JOUR
T1 - One person, three identities? Examining re-politicization of ethnic, national, and Australian identities among 1.5-generation Taiwanese immigrants in Australia
AU - Li, Yao-Tai
N1 - Funding Information:
I would like to thank the respondents in this study who kindly shared their stories with me. I thank Dr. Roger Lee Huang and Councillor Christine Tuon for introducing me to the Australian Taiwanese Friendship Association, Sydney Taiwanese School, and several respondents. I appreciate the feedback from Stanley Wang, Michael Liu, and Katherine Whitworth when developing this paper. I extend many thanks to the editors and two anonymous reviewers for their constructive and encouraging comments. The author received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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PY - 2021/9/1
Y1 - 2021/9/1
N2 - Immigrants of the 1.5-generation (1.5-ers) differ from first- and second-generation immigrants because they are generally better immersed in the culture of the host society than the first generation; yet, compared to the second generation, they often have to renegotiate their identities in relation to parents, colleagues at work, and people in the host society during the processes of migration. Drawing on interview data from Taiwanese 1.5-ers in Australia, this article takes a further step and points out that in addition to the identity struggle between home and host country, Taiwanese 1.5-ers also identify as ethnic Chinese (Huaren) and constantly negotiate between these three identities (Huaren, Taiwanese, and Australian). This article argues that identity negotiation and hybridization is in nature a re-politicization process in which respondents are fully aware of the political meanings and power disparities of each identity. It is also a process whereby Taiwanese 1.5-ers mobilize, downplay, and hybridize specific identities based on time and context.
AB - Immigrants of the 1.5-generation (1.5-ers) differ from first- and second-generation immigrants because they are generally better immersed in the culture of the host society than the first generation; yet, compared to the second generation, they often have to renegotiate their identities in relation to parents, colleagues at work, and people in the host society during the processes of migration. Drawing on interview data from Taiwanese 1.5-ers in Australia, this article takes a further step and points out that in addition to the identity struggle between home and host country, Taiwanese 1.5-ers also identify as ethnic Chinese (Huaren) and constantly negotiate between these three identities (Huaren, Taiwanese, and Australian). This article argues that identity negotiation and hybridization is in nature a re-politicization process in which respondents are fully aware of the political meanings and power disparities of each identity. It is also a process whereby Taiwanese 1.5-ers mobilize, downplay, and hybridize specific identities based on time and context.
KW - 1.5-generation immigrants
KW - ethnicity
KW - hybridity
KW - identity re-politicization
KW - power disparity
KW - Taiwanese Australians
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U2 - 10.1177/1440783320934157
DO - 10.1177/1440783320934157
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85086742917
SN - 1440-7833
VL - 57
SP - 541
EP - 558
JO - Journal of Sociology
JF - Journal of Sociology
IS - 3
ER -