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Since 1960, with the taking off of Taiwan economy, lots of
Amis women have migrated from Hwa-Liang and Tai-Tong to the
metropolitan area in Taiwan. These Amis women played important
and multiple roles in household and community in different
period of their life cycles. Though, as criticized by feminist,
most researchers neglected migrant women or considered them as
the passive followers in process of migration.
Applying the method of field research, this thesis tries to
analyze how the hierarchy of power in household and the social
network affect the process of migration and settlement, and to
clarify the response of migrant Amis women. The following is the
summary of this thesis.
Firstly, the native Amis culture in 1960 was under a change from
matrilateral relation to patrilateral one. Thus, Amis'' woman in
household under different relation had different opportunity for
migration. The hierarchy of power in household facilitated and
constrained the opportunities for Amis women. Negotiating with
their family was their inevitable task, and the social network
provided key resources and information for their migration.
Secondly, for urban Amis women, their work stretched in
domestic, subsistent and formal or informal sectors. Though,
their contribution of income to household did not help their
participation for redistribution of resources in household, one
exception was found in the case with matrilateral marital
relation. Finally,
this thesis tries to point out that women in Sankuang are not
constrained in private sphere in household. The Amis women
played important roles for community ties and the preservation
of native culture. They established close relationship with
their kin, neighbors, co-workers and fellow believers. The
network of female relationship helps women to rear children, to
complete subcontracting and domestic work in household.
Simultaneously, it promotes women to negotiate with the
employer, to prevent patriarchal violence and to support the
female political agent.
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