台日混血兒的文化差異察覺與自我認同

本研究以在台灣或日本出生長大且成長過程中有來往台灣、日本的20至30歲左右的7名台日混血兒為研究對象。透過以生命故事敘說訪談的方式了解他們的經驗，探討他們在台灣與日本兩種文化的環境成長過程中是否曾察覺到文化差異以及文化差異是否造成他們的自我認同有所轉變，以此來分析文化差異對自我認同造成的影響。分析結果，無論是在台灣或日本長大的混血兒，在成長過程中或多或少都曾察覺到文化差異，而自我認同也有不同程度的轉變。身分證、生活的地方、周圍的看法、在那個國家居住時間的長短、言語使用的經驗等都是造成自我認同轉變的原因。而當台日混血兒在另一個文化中感受到文化衝擊時，對那個文化的歸屬感可能就會降低。另外，值得注目的點，受訪的7名台日混血兒中有5名提及母親，母親為他們的主要照顧者，如果主要照顧者是外國人的話，當台日混血兒在成長過程中遇到困難時，可能會對主要照顧者產生不滿的情緒，因此主要照顧者對於台日混血兒的自我認同可能會造成影響。

關鍵字

混血兒；文化差異；自我認同；生命故事敘說

並列摘要

This study focused on seven Taiwanese-Japanese mixed race children aged around 20 to 30 who were born and raised in Taiwan or/and Japan. Through semi-structured life story interviews, I explored their experiences growing up in the two cultures and examined what kind of cultural differences they were aware of and how the cultural differences has caused change in their identities. According to the analysis, mixed race children who grew up in Taiwan or/and Japan have experienced various cultural differences during their growth, and their identities has also changed to varying degrees. The factors that lead to changes in identity include the identification card, place of living, surrounding perceptions, length of residence, and experience in using two languages. When Taiwanese-Japanese mixed race children experience culture shock to the other culture, their sense of belonging to that culture decreases. It is worth noting that five of the seven Taiwanese-Japanese mixed race children interviewed mentioned their mothers who were their main caregivers, so the main caregiver may have an impact on their identity construction.