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The Hybrid Identity Construction of Young Adult Australian-Mainland Chinese in Melbourne

Yanxi Li

Faculty of Education, University of Monash, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

*Corresponding author: Yanxi Li

Published: July 19, 2023

Abstract

This study analyses the constitution of the development of hybrid identity in young adult Australian-Mainland Chinese (YAAMC) in Melbourne. The literature review focuses on cultural adoption for Chinese immigrant. The guiding research questions for these multiple case studies are: How do the young adult Australian-Mainland Chinese in Melbourne develop their hybrid identities which emerge from both Mainland Chinese and Australian cultures? The hybrid identity involves an identity calibration process of adjusting the ultimate self, appropriate to the situations, contexts, and cases in way inherent to the conflicting, challenging, and dichotomous spaces within third spaces. Data was drawn from semi-structured interviews and a focus group collected from three participants. It is grounded in the third space theory. It suggests that hybrid identity formation in Melbourne for young adults involves a fluid, diverse and complex cultural identity formation. The experiences of hybridity are also shaped in past and present relationships and in expectations of what might come. Melbourne as a third space provides the ground for constructing interplays between culture, environment, and community. For 2 and 1.5 generation Australian-Mainland Chinese, these hybridized identities can be understood as a process of constant shifting towards positive and harmonious way of being.

Keyword

Ethnic identity, multiculturalism, Australian Mainland Chinese, hybridity, the third space

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How to cite this paper

The Hybrid Identity Construction of Young Adult Australian-Mainland Chinese in Melbourne

How to cite this paper: Yanxi Li. (2023) The Hybrid Identity Construction of Young Adult Australian-Mainland Chinese in Melbourne. Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science7(6), 1170-1174.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2023.06.024