Transnational Marriage and Reformation of 'Local World' in Contemporary East Asia

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25301010
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: FUJII MASARU 神戸大学, 人文学研究科, 教授 (20165343)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 白鳥 義彦 神戸大学, 人文学研究科, 教授 (20319213) ; 平井 晶子 神戸大学, 人文学研究科, 准教授 (30464259)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): NAGASAKA Itaru 広島大学, 大学院総合科学研究科, 准教授 (60314449) ; SHUTO Toshikazu 長崎大学, 多文化社会学部, 教授 (60346294) ; FUKUDA Satoshi 広島大学, 大学院総合科学研究科, 准教授 (50454468) ; OKUI Asako 京都女子大学, 現代社会学部, 准教授 (50457032) ; SASAKI Tasaku 神戸大学, 大学院人文学研究科, 准教授 (90528960) ; SASAKI Mamoru 神戸大学, 大学院人文学研究科, 名誉教授 (60136398)
• Research Collaborator: REN Kyohin 神戸大学, 大学院人文学研究科 ; KO Gengen 神戸大学, 大学院人文学研究科
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 国際結婚 / 南北格差 / 再生産領域 / グローバルな世帯保持 / 東南アジア出身妻 / 中国人妻 / 地方社会 / 移動の女性化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Based on questionnaire surveys and interviews on 'North-South' transnational marriage at local societies in Japan, Korea and Taiwan, transformation in 'reproductive sphere', commonality and diversity among three societies, different characteristics between Chinese and Southeast Asian wives have been clarified.
And, based on interviews with parents and close relatives of female marriage emigrants at local societies in Northeast China, Philippines, and Thailand, the following has been disclosed: unique development of transnational marriage in each local society, strong tie between a marriage emigrant and her family of orientation, and importance of her influence on a local society she was grown up especially in cases of Southeast Asian women. Furthermore, 'North' and 'South' in East Asia are not connected in a simple way by transnational marriage, because female marriage emigrants from Thailand and some countries in Southeast Asia often migrate globally beyond East Asia.

Free Research Field

社会学