Vietnamese Female Immigrants’ Expectation Gap and Identity of Taiwan

• Main Authors: Yu,Su-Lan, 余素蘭
• Other Authors: Lim, Khay-Thiong
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/67897809102943876430

碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 東南亞學系 === 104 === This study focuses on Vietnamese female immigrants in New Taipei City to find out how the gap between the expectations for Taiwan before and after the immigration affects their identity. First, we start with the literature to clarify the background, motivation, and aspects of life of the immigrants in Taiwan. Hence, we hope to understand their image for Taiwan before the immigration, their life experience and identity of Taiwan after the immigration. The study is mainly based on semi-structured deep interviews and supplemented by document analysis. The subjects of study are 15 Vietnamese female immigrants who are married to Taiwanese husbands. To clarify the aspects of their identity, the study divides it into "emotional identity", "economic identity", "living environment identity”, and "political identity". The study discovers that the fulfillment of expectations for Taiwan will actually affect immigrants’ identity to Taiwan; within the identity, “emotional attachment” is the most important one, follow by “economic identity” , "living environment identity”, and "political identity". The "living environment identity " accounted for ten, "economic identity" accounted for nine, are all important factors. However, all kinds of living experiences also deeply affect immigrants’ identity with Taiwan, despite of the contrary expectations, immigrants may still identify with Taiwan because of other attachments.