Publication details
Vzdělané dítě jako úspěšné naplnění migračního a rodičovského projektu? Vietnamské matky, jejich děti a vzdělanostní aspirace
| Title in English | Educated Children as a Result of the Successful Fulfilment of the Migration and Parenthood Project? Vietnamese Mothers, their Children and Educational Aspiration |
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Sociální studia |
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| Field | Sociology, demography |
| Keywords | Vietnamese immigrants second generation education migration parenthood |
| Description | The children of Vietnamese immigrants are usually considered high achievers in school – not only in the Czech Republic, but also for example in the USA where, since the 1990s, they are commonly seen as a “model population” of an assimilated/integrated immigrant group. This study contributes to the discussion on the educational aspirations of second generation immigrant children. Drawing upon qualitative research in which I conducted 50 in-depth and semi-structured interviews with Vietnamese mothers (25) and second-generation children (25), the article analyses the role of education in the narrations of the informants. How do they talk about education? What is its role in post-migratory settlement? And how is education manifested in definitions of parenthood/motherhood? The answers to these questions illuminate the way in which the migratory project and parenthood are defined. The analysis is focused on how, through education, migration and parenthood is understood by the respondents. The main finding which goes through whole article is the following: the educated child = the integrated child; the integrated child = successful parenting; successful parenting = accomplishment of the migratory project. |
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