Mediating Cultures: Parenting in Intercultural Contexts
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Editors: Alberto Gonzales and Tina Maria Harris
Chapter 8: Link Tiger Mother, Like Tiger Daughter, co-authored by Chin-Chung Chao, UNO faculty member.
This book explores the communication challenges faced by parents as they raise children who are bi-cultural, multi-cultural, or are adopted from a heritage other than the parents. Each contributor views the family as a site of intercultural dialogue and mediation, and uses compelling studies throughout to examine the parents who creatively balance cultural influences within their families. Using television depictions of parents on Modern Family and All-American Muslim to the everyday activities of mixed-ethnicity and international families, Mediating Cultures reports the communication strategies employed by the parents as they strive to create affirming relationships between children and their heritages. This collection brings together two largely separate literatures of family communication and intercultural communication studies with accessible yet context-driven studies to explain how families integrate multiple cultural heritages and perspectives.
ISBN
978-0739179543
Publication Date
2013
Publisher
Lexington Books
City
Lanham, Maryland
Department
Communication
Recommended Citation
Chao, C., & Tian, D. (2013). Like tiger mother, like tiger daughter: A content analysis of the impact of cultural differences on eastern and western parenting styles. In A. Gonzalez & T. M. Harris (Eds.), Mediating cultures: Parent communication in intercultural contexts (pp. 99- 108). New York: NY; Lexington Books.