The purpose of this study was to examine the resocialization process of female marriage immigrants in urban regions. This study employed qualitative research method to analyze which procedures and aspects the resocialization of female marriage immigra...
The purpose of this study was to examine the resocialization process of female marriage immigrants in urban regions. This study employed qualitative research method to analyze which procedures and aspects the resocialization of female marriage immigrants involves in multi-faceted relationships with their husband, children, husband's family, native home and social community, and how they overcome difficulties in their resocialization.
For such analysis, this study surveyed female marriage immigrants who lived in urban regions of Korea over 5 years, could speak Korean and had children. The subjects in this study were fifteen female immigrants who resided in and around Seoul. They were from Vietnam, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, China, Philippines, Indonesia and Kyrgyzstan. From June 2007 to March 2008, the subjects were asked to join in-depth interview (2～4 times; 2～3 hours per time).
As a result, it was found that the resocialization of female marriage immigrants into Korean society evolved into the following 4 stages with time:
In the first stage, female marriage immigrants feel anxious and isolated. They experience emotional deficiency and inferiority complex. They are often socially isolated due to absence of social relationship, discontinued relationships with their relatives and absence of Korean friends. Their sense of isolation becomes deepened due to lack of connection with public agency and insufficient capacity to explore information on support system for them.
In the second stage, female marriage immigrants experience confusion and conflict. They often feel confused at differences in family culture, language and dietary life; economic difficulties; ambiguous identity; and negative prejudice of Korean relatives and society. Besides, they also feel conflicts with husband, relatives and children.
In the third stage, female marriage immigrants get to be in a better relationship with people around them, and become more receptive to surrounding environments. As more and more years of life in Korea pass by, they form positive relationships with acquaintances owing to family's love and support, positive attitudes of relatives and community, and their social network. In addition, as they come to learn Korean and Korean culture, they are more receptive to environments by getting familiar with Korean social systems and trusting in Korean society. In order to remedy conflicts with Korean husband, some subjects seek solace in religion or consult with counselors or sometimes give up any more hope and accept their circumstances.
Life development takes place in the final stage. Female marriage immigrants feel achievements in Korean society, try to develop themselves for the better future and become a member of Korean society.
The subjects come to learn what they need in their daily life by way of their experiences, TV and lifelong education agency. They have self-directed mindset to learn Korean language, food and culture by means of surrounding resources in their daily life, and learn something accidentally by trial and error in their life. Moreover, TV plays a role as ‘window’ for them to learn Korean language and culture. Most of female marriage immigrants except Korean-chinese women learn elementary Korean at lifelong education agency and thereby have further learning of Korean language through experiences in daily life.
The resocialization of female marriage immigrants reveals different aspects depending on their personal backgrounds (such as their education level, sociopolitical system of their native country and cultural likeness to their native country) and social supports (such as supports from husband and family, and social network). Those who were better educated participate positively into their social community, have high enthusiasm for education of children, and consider their children's bilingual ability as valuable property. In this study, it was found that some subjects who came from socialist countries had strong mindset of sexual equality and felt conflicts with Korean husbands who got accustomed to patriarchal culture of Korea. Korean-Chinese and the descendants of Goryeo are likely to feel confused at significant changes of Korean language and society in their early marriage, but become resocialized harmoniously when finding homogeneity in Korean culture. And female marriage immigrants who come to understand and love their Korean husband during marriage form a relationship of trust with their Korean family, participate in their Korean social network, and create a sense of affinity and bond. The stronger support from their husband and family and the solider support from social network are associated with the more favorable process of their resocialization.
Based on above findings, this study discussed that it would be necessary to take educational approach to supports for female marriage immigrants; give phased educational supports for their resocialization; build a social network between female marriage immigrant group and mainstream society in Korea; and take viewpoints about female marriage immigrants as human resources for the purpose of their favorable resocialization in Korea.
Key Word: international marriage, female marriage immigrants, sociocultural adaptation, informal experiential learning resocialization, qualitative research method
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