Othering mechanisms and multiple positionings: Children of Thai-Belgian couples as viewed in Thailand and Belgium

Social Relatedness and Forenaming in ‘Mixed’ Families: Valuing Children of Filipino-Belgian Couples

“…In the literature on these individuals, 'children' can refer to one of the following categories: first, the progeny of mixed couples encompassing all age groups: minors, young adults, and adults (e.g., Unterreiner, 2015); second, the minor and young adult children of these couples (e.g., Celero, 2022;Fresnoza-Flot, 2019;Rodríguez-García et al, 2018;Seiger, 2019); third, the couples' children aged below 18 (e.g., Kalmijn, 2015;Kamada, 2010;Slany & Strzemecka, 2017), and fourth, the couples' adult children (e.g., Zulueta, 2012). In most cases, scholars combine two or all age groups in their studies, allowing them to present heterogenous accounts of mixedness.…”

“…These works reveal the salient impact of national context in which mixed-parentage people live and the effect of migration as many of them spent their early childhood in their migrant mothers' country of origin. Similarly, Thai-Belgian young people adopt multiple self-positioning strategies in Belgium and Thailand, where they are socially treated as racialised 'others' (Fresnoza-Flot, 2019). Considering the social 'othering' of mixed-parentage people, it is not surprising that they embrace non-homogamous identities.…”

Identity formation among mixed families in a conflictual society: The case of Jewish–Muslim families in Israel

“…The identity of mixedness can be adopted by the spouses, but it more commonly researched among the children of MFs (Meyer, 2017). One of the prominent findings in studies that focused on identity construction among children in MFs is that these processes are very unique, diverse and also depend on the combination of the family’s background and the context (Meyer, 2017), the interaction between ethnicity, religion (faith and practices), the culture (Arweck and Nesbitt, 2010), and the personality of the child (Fresnoza-Flot, 2019). Considering this wide diversity in identity construction strategies among children of MFs and considering the fact that most of these studies did not take place in deeply divided societies (Fogiel-Bijaoui, 2017), it is hard to predict the ways in which children of MFs in deeply divided societies will construct their identities.…”

Asia-Europe intimate links: Family migrants, binational couples and mixed-parentage children

“…The literature on migrations in the Asia-Europe migration corridor focuses on these processes and relations, notably involving adult migrants (e.g., De Valk et al., 2004; Charsley, 2005; Pitkänen and Korpela, 2014; Wang, 2015; Fresnoza-Flot and Ricordeau, 2017). This tendency highlights the need for studies centered on other family members such as spouses (e.g., Charsley, 2005; Plambech, 2009; Fresnoza-Flot, 2013; Wang, 2017a; Chen, 2019) and children (e.g., Suksomboon, 2009; Souralová, 2014; Barber, 2015; Wang, 2017b; Fresnoza-Flot, 2018, 2020). Moreover, scholarly works mostly concentrate on women’s perspectives, overlooking as a result the viewpoints of men and LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or gender non-conforming and other) migrants.…”