Ethnic boundaries and ethnic entrepreneurship

A photo‐elicitation study

Bibliographic Data

ID12423391
AuthorsSteven J Gold (Whittier College, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume6
Issue2
Pages9-22
Publication date1991-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueVisual Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1067-1684 • E-ISSN: 2331-3811
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14725869108583688
OpenAlexW1988509753
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited19

This paper uses photo‐elicitation to study the relationship between two sub‐populations of Vietnamese refugees; the highly entrepreneurial Chinese‐Vietnamese and the more numerous ethnic Vietnamese. Drawing from in‐depth interviews based upon photographs of Vietnamese and Chinese‐Vietnamese refugees, the project seeks to find if and how refugees can visually determine a person's ethnicity, the traits respondents associate with either of the two sub‐population, and if younger, Americanized refugees understand ethnic boundaries differently than the older, Vietnam‐oriented generation. Result indicate that the Chinese‐Vietnamese and ethnic Vietnamese generally can determine the ethnicity of persons shown, that their characterizations of both themselves and the “other” group are fairly consistent, and that ethnic boundaries appear to be of diminishing importance with the passage of time in the U.S

Entrepreneurship · Ethnic group · Geography · Linguistics · Political science · Population · Refugee · Sociology · Vietnamese · Anthropology · Demography · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Gender Studies · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy