The Cultural Identities of the Intermarriage Descendants between Minnan and Hakka: The Study of Single Adults in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Lin, Chieh-Ya, 林婕雅
• Other Authors: Hwang, Jing-Huey
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9q79hp

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 社會教育學系 === 106 === Taiwan is gradually emerging as a multicultural society, existing many different ethnic groups, different religious beliefs, and different languages. Minnan and Hakka are two different “ethnic groups”, and the difference between their languages is a way to identify these two groups more easily. However, there are still some differences between Minnan and Hakka cultures. With more and more frequent economic and social and cultural activities, as well as increasingly common population movements, the most far-reaching interaction between these two ethnic groups is “intermarriage”. Under these circumstances, this research focuses on studying cultural identities from the perspectives of single adults of the intermarriage between the Minnan and Hakka groups. The questions to be answered in this study are as follows: 1.What are the characteristics of the young adults’ identities toward Minnan and Hakka cultures? 2.What are the factors that affect the cultural identities of the single adults? 3.What are the stages of development of the cultural identities of the single adults? The study adopted the qualitative research method by undertaking semi-structure interviews with 8 young adults. The study found their cultural identities can be divided into four types: (1) Identifying Minnan culture (2) Identifying Hakka culture (3) Identifying both Minnan and Hakka cultures (4) Minnan and Hakka cultures are all senseless. In addition, their cultural identities can be influenced by factors such as parents and important others, peers or teachers, language, and media; there are different stages in the development of cultural identities among these research subjects.