Patterns,Determinants, and Implications of Intermarriage Among Arab Americans

This study examines Arab American intermarriage using 1990 U.S. Census data. The results indicate high rates of intermarriage consistent with an assimilation perspective. Over 80% of U.S.‐born Arabs had non‐Arab spouses, implying a diminishing ethnic identification. Logistic regressions show that for both sexes, those with part Arab ancestry, the U.S. born, those with strong English‐language ability, and the highly educated were significantly more likely to out‐marry, as were Arabs of Lebanese ancestry. The cultural and structural assimilation of Arab Americans is facilitating intermarriage, with indicators of acculturation being the strongest predictors, especially for women. The article further discusses ethnic options for children of intermarried couples.     

国家在场与湘西苗族文化的变迁——民国政府的文化同化策略在湘西苗族地区的实践

民国政府为了建立民族一国家,以汉族文化为标准对湘西苗族进行了文化同化策略.其内容包括:对湘西苗族进行风俗调查和开展新生活运动,改变苗族称呼,兴办国民教育等.但是文化同化的初衷却以失败而告终,其主要原因在于:西方民族-国家模式不适合中国国情;社会局势动荡不安;文化同化策略缺乏持终性且实施不力;国家政权力量较弱等.     

二语学习投入与文化适应策略的相关研究

以新疆少数民族学生预科生为调查对象,探究二语学习投入与文化适应策略之间的关系。对被试的汉语学习投入水平及其在汉文化环境中采取的文化适应策略进行分析研究,并对不同性别、年级和民族的被试群体进行对比分析。结果表明,新疆少数民族学生汉语学习投入呈中强度水平,在性别和年级上存在显著差异;其主导文化适应策略是融合策略,且融合策略和分离策略在性别和年级上存在显著差异;融合策略和分离策略对二语学习投入分别有显著正、负向预测,同化策略与之无显著相关。     

Immigration and Intermarriage Among Hispanics: Crossing Racial and Generational Boundaries1

Rates of Hispanic intermarriage with whites declined for the first time during the 1990s. One hypothesis, which we test here, is that the recent influx of new immigrants has provided an expanding marriage market for Hispanics, reinforced cultural and ethnic identity, and slowed the process of marital assimilation. In this article, we use data from the March Current Population Survey (1995–2008) to identify generational differences in Hispanic‐white intermarriage. The results indicate that second‐generation Hispanics were more likely to marry first‐ rather than third‐generation Hispanics or whites, a pattern that was reinforced over the study period. The results suggest declining rates of intermarriage among second‐generation Hispanics—a pattern that diverges sharply from those observed among third‐plus‐generation Hispanics, where in‐marriage with other Hispanics declined over time. If couched in the language of straight line assimilation theory, third‐plus‐generation Hispanics are assimilating by increasingly marrying other third‐generation co‐ethnics and whites. On the other hand, assimilation among the second‐generation is slowing down as its members increasingly reconnect to their native culture by marrying immigrants.     

抗疫演讲语篇中的顺应、同化与合作：语篇语义视角

公共演讲中的人际意义对维系社会秩序具有重要作用。个体化是研究人际意义的语言学手段之一,它从语言使用者、社会文化资源分配与亲和关系出发,将语篇看作语篇生产者主动协调社会关系的过程。外国政府官员通过抗疫演讲动员民众抗疫,是个体协调社会关系的典型范例。对演讲语篇关键词和索引行的语篇语义分析发现：（1）抗疫演讲语篇呈现“发生—应对”的逻辑序列;（2）概念意义在被注入人际意义后建立了个体间的情感纽带;（3）主流文化身份、国家人物和事件这些绑定符号推动了群体联合;（4）在个体—群体连续统上,从个体到群体的价值和身份协商建构了顺应、同化和合作的社会过程。     

Citizenship Acquisition of Post-1965 Asian Immigrants

This article examines the citizenship acquisition of major post-1965 Asian immigrant groups including Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Asian Indians, Koreans, and Vietnamese, using the PUMS data from the 1990 U.S. Census and an INS longitudinal data set. The analysis of data reveals a very high average naturalization rate of post-1965 Asian immigrants and a bifurcated pattern in citizenship acquisition among the six Asian immigrant groups. Furthermore, the results of a pooled logistic regression model indicate that the characteristics of Asian immigrants, ethnic communities, and countries of origin largely explain the naturalization of these Asian immigrants. Separate logistic regression models for the six groups further uncover similarities and differences in determinants of naturalization across groups. The findings suggest that in terms of naturalization rates new Asian immigrants are more assimilable than most immigrant groups, including European immigrants, and that in the foreseeable future Asian Americans are likely to become a swing vote at the local and possibly state levels and perhaps in presidential elections under some special circumstances. The findings also point to commonality and diversity in determinants of citizenship acquisition among post-1965 Asian immigrants.     

文化主体、环境与态度--从中西文化交流看文化交流的主体间性及其原则

伴随着全球化的浪潮,文化的交流与融合问题日益成为了学界关注的焦点.不同于目前大多数研究者所进行的文化横向的比较与研究,本文试图以中西文化交流史的追溯为佐证,以文化同化、文化涵化和文化异化等范畴为解读方法,回顾了中西文化交流的历史,旨在寻找和验证在文化交流中所应遵循的基本原则,并提出了在文化交流中建设性误读的特殊意义,强调了文化交流中的包容性与自身经济发展水平成正比的原则.     

试论日本古代文化的吸收与融合

日本文化的发展过程是对中国文化吸收和融合的过程,在吸收和融合的同时又按本土文化的发展特点以及风俗习惯进行了改造和创新,使两者成为了一个和谐的统一体.以奈良时期、平安时期为例,探讨日本在佛教、文字、书法、绘画等方面对中国文化的吸收与融合.     

Underemployment across immigrant generations

The employment circumstances of immigrants and their children constitute a key dimension along which immigrant adaptation to the U.S. can be evaluated. We describe and analyze employment adequacy—defined as underemployment—among first, second and third (or higher) immigrant generations. Analyzing CPS data for the decade spanning 1995–2004, we find support for the notion of successful economic assimilation. The prevalence of underemployment is decidedly higher among the first-generation compared to the second or third, while the latter two groups differ little in this regard. These gross comparisons, however, mask important variation within immigrant generations, including a particular disadvantage among foreign-born non-citizens.     

Is there really such thing as immigrant spatial assimilation in France? Desegregation trends and inequality along ethnoracial lines

This article describes patterns of ethnoracial and socioeconomic neighborhood attainment among North African, sub-Saharan African, and South European immigrants in France. We use French data from Trajectories and Origins to document the effects of assimilation variables such as immigrant generation, age at migration, parental age at migration, mixed ascendance, and socioeconomic status that are rarely available in large scale surveys. A simultaneous equation design is used to show patterns in ethnoracial and socioeconomic desegregation across groups and the contrasting ways in which these outcomes overlap. The findings highlight the weak impact of assimilation variables in accounting for spatial trajectories compared to the predominance of ethnoracial group, and document a higher risk of cumulative spatial disadvantage among North Africans and sub-Saharan Africans. The conclusion discusses the implications of these findings for understanding the ethnoracial dimensions of socio-spatial stratification in France.