Impacts of Acculturation on Family Relations in Mixed Ethnic Families between Tay People and Kinh People (Case Study in Chi Lang District, Lang Son Province, Vietnam)

Tóm tắt

Under the influence of historical, economic, cultural, social, and policy factors, the Tay and Kinh people in Chi Lang District, Lang Son Province, Viet Nam have long lived in the same area. Mixed marriage between two ethnic groups, therefore, is an inevitable result of a long-term co-resident process, which has contributed to the acculturation between the two ethnic groups. This paper is the result of a fieldwork research conducted from 2012 to 2016 using the methods of Anthropology and applying acculturation theory. The author discusses the current status of mixed ethnic marriage in Chi Lang District in the early years of the third millennium, thereby pointing out the impacts of acculturation on the change of family relations within the scope of mixed ethnic families between the Tay and the Kinh in Chi Lang with the focus on such aspects as labor division, children education, health care, and family belief activities