The Logic of Identity Construction and the Characterization of Group Differences: An empirical study based on new immigrants in Paris from Northeast China

近些年,移民的身份问题受到来自社会学、人类学、政治学等学科的普遍关注。作为一种边缘社群,与其他群体相比,移民的身份问题更为突出。1990年代末以来进入法国社会的东北人群体已成为温州人之外的又一个华人移民显群,这一群体的形成始于20世纪90年代中后期,以城市下岗工人为主,大都是非法移民。本研究试图从移民认识和解读自我的迁移经历及身份认同出发,探讨法国东北新移民的群体边界的建构和生产过程,在此基础上理解90年代末以来中国转型社会背后的集体性焦虑。

In recent years, issues on immigrants’ identity have received extensive concerns from different disciplines such as sociology, anthropology and political science. As a marginalized group, immigrants' identity is more salient compared with other groups. Since the late 1990s, the immigrant from Northeast China has become another significant group of Chinese immigrants in France. The immigrants from Northeast China are mainly laid-off workers, and most of them are illegal. Through examining the immigrants' self-understanding of migration experiences and identity, this study attempts to reveal the construction and production processes of immigrants' group boundary. Based on the findings, the author tries to understand the collective social anxiety behind China's transformation since the late 1990s.

赵晔琴

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