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Emergence and composition of the traditional‐modern bicultural self of people in contemporary Taiwanese societies
Author(s) -
Lu Luo,
Yang KuoShu
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
asian journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-839X
pISSN - 1367-2223
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-839x.2006.00195.x
Subject(s) - psychology , biculturalism , composition (language) , statement (logic) , social psychology , self , self concept , epistemology , linguistics , philosophy , neuroscience , neuroscience of multilingualism
In the present paper, a preliminary statement on the traditional‐modern bicultural self in contemporary Taiwan was proposed and our presentation was organized in four parts. First, a theoretical and conceptual analysis was attempted to describe the emergence and composition of the traditional‐modern bicultural self of the contemporary Taiwanese people. The cultural and social roots of such a bicultural self were explored, and its constituting elements delineated and their interrelations analyzed. Second, relevant empirical evidence pertaining to this particular model of the Chinese bicultural self was reviewed. Third, our present model was related and compared against various existing bicultural self models. Finally, directions and issues for future research on the Chinese bicultural self were discussed.