本研究主要從跨國主義的角度,探討外籍新娘及其在臺灣出生的第二代子女,在面對鄉土(母親與父親原居地)的身分及文化認同上,有無展現其跨國性的思維,並希望能引起在學校教育及課程規劃上廣泛的討論。透過8位來自菲律賓、柬埔寨、印尼及越南的外籍新娘及其子女的深度訪談後發現,受訪者外籍新娘的跨國性思維似乎沒有那麼的明顯,尤其是小孩子更不顯著。強勢及均質的臺灣文化、兩地生活條件的懸殊、原居地親友的鼓吹、傳統婦女思想,以及本身的經濟能力不足等原因,都影響到他們跨國主義思維的展現。在小孩方面,父母扮演著重要的角色,他們受到外籍新娘居留臺灣時間的長短、家庭對文化認同的態度、同儕群體的影響、母親婚姻的動機與經驗,以及與母親原居地連繫的緊密程度等因素所影響。最後,本研究以多元社會與族群融合的矛盾性為主軸,做為本文的反省與討論。並認為學校在課程上應重視外籍新娘子女雙重文化認同的事實,並培養學生多元文化的能力。
The purpose of this research is to explore, through transnationalism, the lives of foreign brides and the second generation in Lu-Jou city, Taipei County. Three particular facets of their lifestyles will be explored, these being nationality identity, cultural identity and transnational thinking. A key issue in this research is to observe and understand the transnational values, ideologies and perceptions these foreign brides and the second generation display, and in which facets of their lives these distinct cultural identities will become apparent.Eight depth interviews of the foreign bride families who come from Philippines, Cambodia, Indonesia and Vietnam were are done. From the results of the studies many significant issues became apparent. We found that the strong Taiwanese cultural, different economic status between host land and Taiwan, the reinforcement comes from the foreign bride families, traditional role in society and economic ability caused the foreign brides appear weak international thinking. And the children weak thinking do result from the parents and family attitude of cultural identity, how long of the foreign bride living in Taiwan, the peer group, the relationship with the mother's host land.Finally, we will discuss the contradiction issues between the multicultural and the integration society. We also hoped, from this research, to hold the attention to the multiple cultural identities of the children in school education and course planning.