Dying away from home: quandaries of migration for elders in two ethnic groups.
Dying away from home: quandaries of migration for elders in two ethnic groups.
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离家去世：两族老人的迁徙困境
DOI：
10.1093/geronb/57.2.s79
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2002
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Becker,Gay
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Becker,Gay
目的。目的是利用涵盖跨国性、地点、种族认同、连续性和文化现象学的多方面理论框架，研究柬埔寨裔美国人和菲律宾裔美国人在老年时如何看待自己的祖国，以及这些观点如何影响对死亡的思考。方法。在一年内对 126 名受访者（48 名柬埔寨裔美国人和 78 名菲律宾裔美国人）进行了 3 次深度访谈。开放式和半结构化问题都被问及，以确定受访者如何看待他们最终的死亡。结果。许多柬埔寨裔美国人和菲律宾裔美国人表示希望在自己的祖国死去。他们是否愿意返回祖国死去取决于大家庭是否存在、对祖国的记忆以及美国传统仪式的可用性。讨论。受访者对死在哪里的关注显然反映了他们希望在他们的生活中创造连续性的愿望。在他们努力协调连续性问题的过程中，围绕记忆、仪式和家庭的文化意义至关重要，似乎反映出他们希望结束一生中未解决的冲突。这项研究，包括其理论框架，对于在老年学研究中使用跨国性概念和相关概念具有重要意义。
Objectives.The purpose was to examine how Cambodian Americans and Filipino Americans view their homeland in old age and how those views affect the contemplation of death, using a multifaceted theoretical framework that encompasses transnationality, place, ethnic identity, continuity, and cultural phenomenology.Methods.Three in-depth interviews over a 1-year period were conducted with 126 respondents (48 Cambodian Americans and 78 Filipino Americans). Both open-ended and semistructured questions were asked to determine how respondents viewed their eventual deaths.Results.Many Cambodian Americans and Filipino Americans expressed a desire to die in their homelands. Whether or not they desired to return to the homeland to die was mediated by the presence or absence of the extended family, memories of the homeland, and the availability of traditional ritual practices in the United States.Discussion.The preoccupation of respondents with where to die apparently reflects the desire to create continuity in their lives. In their efforts to reconcile issues of continuity, cultural meanings surrounding memory, ritual, and the family were paramount and appeared to reflect a desire to bring closure to unresolved conflicts in their lifetime. This research, including its theoretical framework, has implications for using the concept of transnationality and related concepts in gerontological research.