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Article
Acculturation Gap Between Two Generation Immigrants: An Analysis of Fresh Off the Boat
Author(s)
HE Yi
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2177/2023.07.006
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Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
ABSTRACT
Globalization facilitates the transnational and trans-regional flow of population. As new comers, immigrants need to adapt to new culture and conventions. The way of acculturation varies from individuals even within an immigrant family, with a problematic asymmetry that children acculturate faster than their last generations, as the acculturation gap-distress model demonstrates. However, empirical studies indicate that acculturation gap does not always associate with family and youth maladjustment, and parent’s attitude towards the host and origin culture rarely influences children. This paper analyses Fresh Off the Boat, a teleplay adapted from a Chinese American writer Eddie Huang’s memoir, to revile how different generation immigrants adapt to their new life. This paper finds that parents’ orientations to Chinese and American culture affect their children, which is different from the previous study. Findings suggest that maintaining heritage culture is important for young immigrants’ adjustment, while accepting host culture is crucial for their parents. Therefore, adopting a strategy of integration may be the ideal way of acculturation.
KEYWORDS
acculturation gap, acculturation strategies, immigrant families, Fresh Off the Boat
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