- 學位論文
商業掮客還是傳統媒人？「阿發叔」與其「客戶」的日常生活觀察
A Commercial Marriage Broker or a Traditional Matchmaker?─the Everday Life of"Uncle A-Fa" and His clients in a Hakka viallage in Taiwan.
摘要
台灣的許多農村在「資本國際化、勞力自由化」的衝擊及父權體制的思維（婚姻坡度）影響下，讓許多留鄉青年變成經濟及婚姻雙重弱勢，也造就了跨國婚姻市場的需求；由於跨國婚姻的過程繁瑣並充滿不確定性，成就了另外一種行業──跨國婚姻仲介業。 本研究以台灣中部某客家圧（哈客鎮）的跨國婚姻仲介業者「阿發叔」為個案，進行個案研究，針對「阿發叔」與他的客戶們在婚姻仲介後的往來關係進行觀察、分析。「阿發叔」利用早期來臺的印尼籍女子的印尼娘家的在地人脈，建立了自己的人脈，為哈客鎮搭起了一條跨國婚姻的捷徑。 「阿發叔」如同大多數的跨國婚姻仲介業者，追求「商業利潤」是永續經營的動力，這是一種「工具理性」的動機，但是當這些外「外籍新娘」不再是「新娘」，「阿發叔」也不再是仲介，一切歸故里時，「情感性」的態度取代了「工具理性」。阿發叔以「情感性」的態度協助傳遞台印兩地的情感（含物品及訊息）、深入家庭協助處理清官也難斷的家務事、協助回娘家事宜；這一切往往充滿著類似「父愛」的關懷。另外，「阿發叔」與「跨國婚姻家庭」、跨國婚姻家庭之間的往來關係因為這些「跨國婚姻」得以重新活化，甚至更加擴大；對回歸務農的「阿發叔」而言，這些擴展的人脈也給了他一個新的未來；因此，「跨國婚姻」讓舊有人際網絡更加緊密，新的人際網絡得以建立。
並列摘要
Nowadays the international marriage service is demanded in Taiwan. Under the impacts of globalization, labor liberation, and the influence of patriarchal ideology (marriage gradient), many young Taiwanese men who stay in villages become the minority both economically and matrimonially. Due to the complexity and the uncertainty of international marriage, the related business comes into reality. This research focuses on the individual case of Uncle A-Fa, an international marriage agent in Hakka village in middle Taiwan, as well as observes and analyzes the relationship between Uncle A-Fa and his clients. Through the connection between the Indonesian women, who came to Taiwan in early days, and their relatives in Indonesia, Uncle A-Fa established the international marriage business on the basis of his own networking. Although the profit was the main business motivation, as how it is for most business, while gradually immersing into Taiwanese culture, these foreign brides had transformed into something more than simply being a profit tool, and Uncle A-Fa had become more than an agent. Instead, more humanity and sensibility were involved, and fatherly love was devoted. For example, he offered assistance to his customers and solved their family affairs. Thanks to these extra efforts, Uncle A-Fa developed a profound relationship with his customers, also his international marriage business was further expanded. Rather than being an international marriage middleman, Uncle A-Fa is a professional farmer at the moment. Still, the expanded networking gives him a new career future. Not only do these international marriages strengthen the original networking, they help develop new one as well.