The Enpirical Study of "Mosaic Culture" Formation in Contemporary Japan : Everday Life of International Marriage Family

本研究旨在探讨仙台日本丈夫与菲律宾妻子的跨文化家庭新型日常文化的形成。在本研究中，结合日本和菲律宾文化元素的新形成的文化被概念化为“马赛克文化”，因为不同的文化元素构成了马赛克的各个部分。一群菲律宾妻子在七夕节游行中表演的“菲律宾舞”被分析为“马赛克文化”的一个例子。由一组菲律宾妻子和日本大学生表演的舞蹈，作为菲律宾文化的代表呈现给日本观众，本身就是菲律宾文化传统不同元素的马赛克。这一舞蹈也是仙台七夕节更大的马赛克的组成部分，因此七夕节也成为不同文化的马赛克。最后，这个舞蹈被录成视频，并展示给菲律宾的亲戚，作为仙台日本文化的代表，以及菲律宾妻子嫁给日本丈夫的代表。七夕节中的“菲舞”，是一种“同一”的文化表演，是一幅“单一”的拼贴画，因此在不同的拼贴组合中获得了不同的意义。

The purpose of this study is to investigate the formation of new type of everyday culture of the intercultural family of Japanese husband and Filipino wife in Sendai. In this study, the newly formed culture that combines the elements of both Japanese and Filipino cultures is conceptualized as "mosaic culture" in that different cultural elements constitute pieces of a mosaic. The "Filipino dance" performed as part of the Tanabata Festival procession by a group of Filipino wives is analyzed as an example of the "mosaic culture." The dance performed by a team of Filipino wives and Japanese college students and presented to the Japanese audience as a representation of Filipino culture is itself a mosaic of different elements of Filipino cultural traditions. The dance also functions as a constitutive piece of a larger mosaic of Sendai Tanabata Festival, hence Tanabata Festival also becomes a mosaic of different cultures. Finally, the dance taped in a video and shown to Filipino relatives back home functions as a representation both of Japanese culture in Sendai and of the Filipino wives married to Japanese husbands. The "Filipino dance" in Tanabata Festival, a "same" cultural performance, a "single" piece of a mosaic, therefore acquires different meanings in different constellation of pieces.