The Post-divorce Adjustment of Vietnamese Women in Taiwan

• Main Authors: HUYNH QUOC TUAN, 黃國俊
• Other Authors: CHEN, TZU-HUI
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7338xn

碩士 === 南華大學 === 應用社會學系社會學碩士班 === 106 === 　　From the Taiwanese society, there are many bad views about Vietnamese divorced women such as: “They do not care family”, “they only care money”, “they left their children”, “they are adultery”,… Therefore, it is important for this thesis to explore the adjustment of Vietnamese women after divorce in Taiwan, challenges after divorce, social supports and the relationship between adjustment and stigma, by focusing on the Vietnamese women’s identities alleviate the stigma of divorced women. Many previous studies mention about stigma of immigrant women and stigma of divorced women. This thesis extends underexplored aspects about Vietnamese divorced women who use traditional values to alleviate stigma from society. Drawing on qualitative data collected from in-depth interviews with 13 Vietnamese divorced women, I examine two aspects of Vietnamese divorced women: Challenges/stigmas and adjustment. From social and cultural capital perspectives resonating with identity concept are used to explain how the Vietnamese women adjust their life after divorce and alleviate stigmas about divorced women from society. This thesis concludes that although they are divorced women, it does not mean that they stop their responsibilities with family, they adjust their life which relies on their traditional roles of filial daughter and responsible mother.