Striving for comfort

"Positive" construction of dating cultures among second-generation Chinese American youths

Bibliographic Data

ID2929067
AuthorsBaozhen Luo (Georgia State University, corresponding author), Baozhen Luo Baozhen Luo (Georgia State University)
Year2008
Volume25
Issue6
Pages867-888
Publication date2008-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0265407508096699
OpenAlexW2108090592
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited24

This article explores the ways that second-generation Chinese American youths (from both mainland and Taiwan origins) construct their dating attitudes and behaviors. Based on an analysis of 20 in-depth interviews, this study finds that respondents use both Chinese and American lenses to construct their dating attitudes and behaviors. Chinese and American dating are constructed as oppositional among the respondents. When discussing parents' roles, commitment, premarital sex, and gender expectations, second-generation Chinese American youths pick and choose from their constructions of Chinese and American dating cultures. In so doing, they cope with discomfort and attempt to present a "positive" image of themselves in front of both Chinese and American dating cultures, thereby inventing a "positive" culture of dating

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