题目：The Construction of Shared Family Identity in US Intercultural Families with Chinese Adoptees

讲座人：宋毅副教授

时间：4月27日 （周四） 下午3:10-5:00

地点：英语楼115会议室

讲座简介

本讲座以六个美国家庭为例，探讨美国父母与中国养女之间是如何构建共同家庭身份的。2009年美国中西部六个家庭共同到中国湖北一家孤儿院收养了七位中国女孩。本研究通过小组和个人访谈，分别从美国父母和中国养女两个角度了解这六个家庭14年的发展历程和家庭关系。本研究运用扎根理论发展出一个中美跨文化收养家庭构建共同家庭身份的模型，即跨文化收养家庭亲密关系的建立包括四个基本前提：父母养育资历、双方的情感纽带、共同处理文化身份危机和坦诚的日常沟通。讲座最后还将讨论这类收养家庭在促进中美跨文化沟通方面可能起的积极作用。

This lecture discusses the construction of the shared family identity based on the narratives of six American families with Chinese adoptees. In 2009, the American parents of these six families adopted seven Chinese girls at an orphanage in Hubei Province, China. For this present study, focus group and individual interviews were conducted to understand the evolvement of the six families over 14 years and the relationships between the American parents and their Chinese adoptees. A model of the shared family identity in American intercultural families with Chinese adoptees was proposed. Four factors are crucial to establishing family intimacy: parenting credential, reciprocal affection, joint management of cultural identity crisis and open mundane communication. The positive role of such intercultural families to promote China-US intercultural communication will also be discussed at the end of the lecture.