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ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the identity development of second-generation immigrants and gain a deeper understanding of how they develop their identity by navigating between their parents' culture and Swedish culture. The study had the following research question: In what way do second-generation immigrants develop their identity with regard to their parents' culture and Swedish culture?The method used in the study was semi-structured interviews with five participants from Södertälje municipality, all of whom belonged to second-generation immigrants. To analyze the data, various theories were used, including Goffman's theories of roles and stigma as well as Tilly's theory of inequality.The results of this study showed, among other things, that the respondents in the study do not feel completely at home in either of the two cultures they identify with. Their identity formation is affected by the degree of cultural affiliation, where they feel a stronger connection to their parents' culture while experiencing a stronger belonging to Sweden as a country. Although they are well integrated into Swedish culture, they are always considered immigrants and feel like "visitors" in their own homeland. Respondents also experience a feeling of not belonging to any specific culture, which reinforces their bond with their parents' culture of greater acceptance. They describe themselves as a hybrid of the two cultures and experience difficulties in fully integrating into either of them.

民進黨的執政並未改減緩台商西進大陸的現象，如今政黨再次輪替，兩岸關係更是日益密切，但台灣與大陸畢竟因為長期的政治對立造成社會隔閡，彼此之間在許多層面都存在著差異。當越來越多台灣人前進大陸的同時，台灣人在當地社會融入不及經濟融入的現象也屢見不鮮，其中又以台商「抱團群聚」為具體行為。面對這樣一群存有差異，甚至曾經敵對的一群人，既像自己人又像是外人，在當地獲取經濟利益時，卻刻意與當地社會保持距離的情形，一般大陸人會有怎樣的感受？ 「社會認同理論」主張，族群的產生，會因為自尊的需求，不斷進行族群間的比較，當低群體成員無法像高群體進行身分移動時，會轉向自身的群體尋求提高自尊，於是族群間的偏見、對立，乃至衝突是不可避免的。「群際接觸假說」認為，族群間的偏見是因為對彼此的不熟悉，或因為資訊不足、或因為負面的訊息，透過正向條件下的接觸是可以消除彼此雙方的偏見，族群間的對立和衝突是可以避免的。 認同研究認為，人的認同會因為時間和地點的不同而改變，所以「上海」反而成為此次研究的關鍵因素，在上海的外來大陸人認為台灣人就以在上海來說，相對上海人而言反而比較像是「我群」的成員，所以對台灣人在上海抱團群聚的行為並不感到反感，甚至本身也是這種行為的成員之一。對上海人而言，台灣人抱團群聚的現象根本就是見怪不怪，由於上海特殊的移民文化，使得上海人的認同反而多元共存，甚至認為台灣人在某些層面比起其他大陸人更接近上海人的「我群」成員，特殊的移民多元文化創造上海不斷的進步、繁榮，而後者又不斷吸引新的移民進入。 不同群際接觸假說，上海獨特的移民歷史，改變了前者對「接觸」的定義，在多元文化的社會中，人們對其他族群和文化的包容力會變大，不一定要經過實質的接觸，或是正面的訊息傳遞。不以「同化」為目的，而是一種包容「差異」的能力，而上海本身便是把多元文化形成可能的一個場域，這或許就是上海獨特其它中國城市的原因，也是她迷人的所在。 / Under the increasingly frequent exchanges between Taiwan and China, Taiwanese people tend to congregate and inhabit certain regions of Shanghai. In face of immigrants who look both familiar and alien, how will most Mainlanders react, especially when social inclusion lags behind economic inclusion of these people? The contact theory proposes that positive contacts or reception of positive messages between ethnic groups can help iron out mutual biases. However, this study discovers the unique history of Shanghai about immigrants in foreign concessions and thus further extends this theory. A multi-cultural environment may affect one ethnic group’s tolerance of another group even without positive contacts or reception of positive messages between them. This is not any kind of assimilation but a phenomenon of people’s tolerance of minor differences. In addition to positive contacts and reception of positive messages, mutual tolerance among different ethnic groups may also be affected by the culture of the “field” they reside in.