Social community identity formation of vietnamese immigrant women in taiwan and australia : a comparative study

Abstract

Vietnamese marriage migrants are currently the largest non- Llan- Chirese immigrant group in Taiwan. Taiwan is experiencing a transformation ol its deraographies from a nation-stale consisting primarily of Han Chinese inio a mulfi-elhnic country regarding. Adding to this transformation are South Sast Asian female migrants who have immigrated to Taiwan from the 1990s onwards. This research project investigates the social identity of female Vietnamese marriage migrants in Taiwan, and then compares the findings with similar stulies ccmducted in Sydney, Australia.