Abstract This article focuses on the process through which intergenerational ambivalence is experienced by a group of adult children and their parents with an Iranian refugee background living in Finland. This ethnographic study provides an insight into how the families’ struggles to mobilize capital in different forms can contribute to their experience of intergenerational ambivalence. The study indicates that when the parents’ social, economic and cultural capitals accumulated prior to migration are not accessible or valuable in Finland, they become dependent on their children’s conduct. This produces a contradictory demand on the participants’ roles as parents and children, where they face difficulties in navigating their role expectations. The families in this study expressed a significant ambivalence in their intergenerational relationships associated with these stressful conditions.

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芬兰伊朗难民家庭的代际矛盾

摘要本文着重介绍居住在芬兰的具有伊朗难民背景的成年子女及其父母经历代际矛盾的过程。这项人种学研究提供了有关家庭如何以各种形式动员资本的斗争如何有助于其代际矛盾感的见解。该研究表明，如果在芬兰无法获得父母的移徙之前积累的社会，经济和文化资本，或者这些财产不值钱，他们就会变得依赖子女的行为。这对参与者作为父母和孩子的角色产生了矛盾的要求，在这些角色中，他们在导航角色期望方面面临困难。