台灣留學生出席國際會議補助

2010年12月15日 星期三

Motherhood, social capital, and cultural capital:“A case study on “foreign brides” in Taiwan

論文發表人: 陳姿憓(亞利桑那州立大學教育心理學糸)

 

http://www.motherhoodinitiative.org/motherseconomy.html

 

因為全球化, 從東南亞來的外籍新娘也藉由婚姻來到台灣。在過去二十年中,10%的台灣男生娶了外籍新娘。不幸的是,這些外籍新娘在台灣多處於中下的社會階級,也被歧視為為了錢才嫁來台灣。關於外籍新娘母職實踐的研究也付之闕如。本文章運用皮耶·布迪厄的資本理論,旨在研究外籍新娘在母職實踐中,她們的社會資本與文化資本如何隨著母親這個身份而轉變。研究方法是用1-5小時的民族誌方式的訪談來了解受訪者對母實職踐的經驗。研究發現指出,外籍新娘因著母親這個身份,多了許多新的生活經驗;透過這些新的經驗與機會,得以擴展生活認識新的朋友,也增加自己的文化資本與社會資本。本研究發現可幫助相關人員更了解外籍新娘在母職實踐中所遇到的困難,進而制訂出有效幫助她們與家庭的政策,也能打破一些對於外籍新娘的迷思。

 

Because of globalization, there is a group of marriage migrants constituted by Southeast Asian women who are married to foreigners through marriage brokers in order to pursue a better future. In the past two decades, there are averagely 10% of marriages involving these women in Taiwan and they are called "foreign brides." They are discriminated against as uneducated gold diggers and trapped in a lower social class due to the racial and sexual minority status. When "foreign brides" assume their mother role, their status in family and society shifts for various reasons including the changes of their resources they gain from motherhood.Thus, this study aims to utilize Bourdieu's theory of capital to explore the complex interrelationships among "foreign brides'" social, cultural, and economic capital in motherhood. "Foreign brides", by virtue of their mothering responsibilities, use various opportunities through official and unofficial sectors to build their social and cultural capital. Ethnographic interviews ranging from one to five hours were conducted with twenty five "foreign brides" from Southeast Asia. Participants were interviewed to share their views and experiences of social network, job, education, interaction with children's school teacher, and the changes of such aspects before and after they had children. The interrelationships among all forms of capital are specifically examined. The findings are expected to contribute to the understanding of the configurations of resources "foreign brides" have and lack in motherhood from their own perspective. Hence, this study can contribute to policy implications and deconstruct the myths and discrimination against "foreign brides".