Being Chinese, Women and Mothers: Stories About Immigration and Children's Education
Chen, Shujun
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Description
Title
Being Chinese, Women and Mothers: Stories About Immigration and Children's Education
Author(s)
Chen, Shujun
Issue Date
2007
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Wanda Pillow
Department of Study
Educational Policy Studies
Discipline
Educational Policy Studies
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Education, Bilingual and Multicultural
Language
eng
Abstract
The purpose of this ethnography is to explore the issues contained in Chinese families immigration stories, from the mothers' perspective in particular, as well as Chinese immigrant children's educational and cultural experiences in the United States. Taking into consideration the interaction of race, gender and ethnicity, the objective of the study is to learn about Chinese women's experiences of being a woman, being a Chinese, and being a mother and the construction of their identities in transnational context. Qualitative research methodology and ethnography are applied to disclose the impact of globalization and immigration on the lives of Chinese mothers. Endarkened feminist epistemology together with poststructuralism and transnational feminism is used as the theoretical frameworks for this research.
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