“A wobbly bed still stands on three legs”: On Chinese immigrant women’sexperiences with ethnic community

Authors

Hsin-I Cheng, Santa Clara UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 2013

Publisher

Organization for the Study of Communication, Language & Gender / College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Louisville

Abstract

Through in-depth interviews with Chinese working-class immigrant women, this study highlights the meanings of their Chinatown community and adjustment to U.S. life. By adopting a phcnomenological approach, three themes based on the trope of the American Dream emerged that illustrated these women's experiences with compounded immobilities, structural injustice, and racial antagonisms. Nonethless, the interviews evidence resilience in the theme of a "wobbly bed" with implications for national immigration policies and intercultural communication models.

Comments

Copyright © 2013 Organization for the Study of Communication, Language & Gender / College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Louisville. Reprinted with permission.

Recommended Citation

Cheng, H.-I. (2013). “A wobbly bed still stands on three legs”: On Chinese immigrant women’s experiences with ethnic community. Women & Language, 36 (1), 7-25.