本文出自作者在2013年九月，於美國舊金山灣區（San Francisco Bay Area）為期三個月的田野調查。整份研究圍繞著灣區的加州大學柏克萊分校（University of California, Berkeley），滾雪球式的尋訪、邀約與集會，總共訪談了二十二位年輕台灣移民，並累積了三個月的參與觀察經驗。移民研究裡的跨國主義（transnationalism）及移民世代（immigrant generation）作為理論概念骨幹，並以研究對象的移動軌跡與日常生活為血肉，本文試圖理解這群舊金山灣區的年輕台灣移民，他們身為移民而複雜動態的認同形構（identity formation）樣貌與過程：首先，因著移民軌跡的不同，以及美國社會的制度設計與文化脈絡，在柏克萊大學校園裡，我們會看到以世代為界線分化而成的一代、二代與1.5代三個世代群體；與此同時，世代界線其實有其動態可滲透之處，世代認同其實如一張光譜，光譜背後所反射的是移民們家庭、族裔性與生活風格等向度的相互交錯；最後，這群台灣年輕移民的命運其實與美國經濟衰退、亞洲經濟發展這些資本主義的結構性變遷牽連在一起，跨國、甚至持續不斷的跨國移動成為這群年輕台灣移民維繫社會流動的一個重要手段。

第一章　緒論 1
第一節　前言 1
第二節　小留學生現象 2
第三節　問題意識 5
第二章　文獻回顧 8
第一節　跨國主義與界線思考：在大熔爐與沙拉盆之後 8
第二節　移民1.5代：移民認同的戰略點 12
第三節　移民文化：資本與工具箱 16
第三章　田野簡述與研究方法 21
第一節　舊金山灣區的台灣人 21
第二節　對象、方法與資料 23
第四章　移民社群的內部分化 27
第一節　起飛：站在二十一世紀的交界 27
第二節　落地：美國的國高中校園生活 38
第三節　分化：柏克萊校園內的族裔團體 47
第五章　世代與認同的差異光譜 63
第一節　移民世代與世代認同 63
第二節　家庭生活：認同的差異基礎 66
第三節　族裔選擇：認同的族群政治 74
第四節　生活風格：認同的維繫技術 82
第六章　「Flexibility的確是我們的優勢」：二十一世紀的跨國移民 91
　第一節　前言 91
　第二節　追求彈性：彈性光譜的世代意涵 94
　第三節　跨國主義的實踐者們：YOLYO的嘗試 105
第七章　結論 112
　第一節　研究回顧 112 　
　第二節　研究限制與展望 116
附錄 121
參考文獻 129

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