#12225. How long-distance nationalism shapes ‘us’ preferences of first-generation Taiwanese Americans

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Abstract:
This article looks at one specific aspect of rejection within ‘us’ through the lens of long-distance nationalism. The data were collected from islander-origin first-generation Taiwanese Americans in a transnational community organization in the San Diego area. The long-term development of the islanders-led nationalist movement in Taiwan has made these immigrants long-distance nationalists by default. The article finds that although all immigrants identify ‘us’ with Taiwanese Americans, they have developed two types of transnational attachment (homeland and home) affecting their different ways of transforming ‘us’ into ‘marriageable us.’
While immigrants with homeland attachment have developed a Taiwan-first hyphenated identity that excludes Chinese people from the group of ‘us’ and ‘marriageable us,’ those who have a home attachment apply a symbolic approach to Taiwanese ethnicity resulting in the decoupling of ‘us’ and ‘marriageable us.’ By showing in-group heterogeneity in the transformation of ‘us’ into ‘marriageable us’ in the context of Taiwanese immigration to the United States, this article identifies community organizations as a mechanism for supporting the variance of transnational attachment.
Keywords:
Immigrant marriage; long-distance nationalism; Taiwanese immigration; transnational attachment; us/them boundary

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