Foreign Brides in Taiwan: How Natal Homes and NGOs Helped
Date Issued
2009
Date
2009
Author(s)
Hsu, Hsiu-Fen
Abstract
Abstracts foreign brides increase rapidly over the years, they become highly visible through the attention from the academe, media, policy makers and NGOs. Most recent research examined the system of transnational marriage brokers, position of foreign brides in global capitalism, foreign brides’ social network in Taiwan, and status of foreign brides as related to socio-economic development of source countries. A large collection of graduate thesis deal with the enhancement of their status through Chinese language schools, and the education of the second generation. o fill in the research gap, this study looks into the families and source countries where foreign brides come from, to understand how in fact their natal families have a positive effect on reducing discrimination and gender stereotypes. Examples such as cooking skills brought over from their natal families to enable them to open restaurants, ways to organize post-natal care, or direct financial support from their natal families are discussed in great detail.sing qualitative research method of participation observation and in-depth interviews, the author was introduced to foreign brides through NGOs, and interviewed twelve women through snowball sampling method in the Taipei metropolitan area. The role of NGO’s are also important in their empowering process, as the foreign brides can liaise with others like themselves, obtain needs, and exchange information, and even lobby the government for establishment of National Immigration Agency. Through NGO’s, the cultural capital brought from their natal homes are well presented, and thus help to free them from the stereotypes brought along by their original national status.
Subjects
Foreign brides
empowerment
migrant’s natal home
NGO
identity
agency
Type
thesis
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