Japanese Wives' Identification with American Culture in Japanese-American Intercultural Marriages.

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  • 日米国際結婚夫婦の妻におけるアメリカ文化に対する同一視
  • ニチベイ コクサイ ケッコン フウフ ノ ツマ ニ オケル アメリカ ブンカ ニ タイスル ドウイツシ

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The purpose of this study was to obtain qualitative factors of the identification with American culture, as it occurs in the acculturation process through marriage, of Japanese wives of American husbands. Questionnaires and in-depth interviews were administered to 20 Japanese-wife/American-husband couples. A qualitative analysis was conducted focusing on whether the husband or the wife takes the initiative in domestic cultural practices, and whether domestic cultural practices are Japanese or American oriented. From this analysis informants were categorized into 3 groups. Regarding the wives' identification with American culture, two qualitatively different processes were extracted. The wives of "Japanese wife initiated couples" had established their identification with American culture from experiences before marriage. They kept their identification after marriage and initiated domestic cultural practices in accordance to that identification. The wives of "American husband initiated couples", however, first identified with their husbands after marriage before being able to identify with an American culture that incorporated the husband's views.

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