The United States of America is a country with a long tradition of migration in which second- and third-generation Americans have been assimilated into a cultural ‘melting pot.’ This multicultural reality highlights the many varied elements of superdiversity that make up the complex characteristics of contemporary society in this country. In the present study, the authors seek to identify some of these elements of superdiversity by viewing them qualitatively through the eyes and experiences of offspring of multicultural transnational couples with a migratory background living in the US. The primary data collection consisted of 90-minute personal interviews with 29 subjects between 15 and 30 years of age who reside in the state of Florida and whose parents identified as being from different national origins. The results show significant differences in interpretations between the classic definitions of nationality and cultural identity, highlighting personal networks as a dimension to be taken into account for the analysis of superdiversity. Implications for practice and some directions for future research are discussed.

美利坚合众国是一个有着悠久的移民传统的国家，第二代和第三代美国人已被同化为文化的“熔炉”。这种多元文化的现实突显了构成该国当代社会复杂特征的超多样性的许多不同因素。在本研究中，作者试图通过定居在美国的具有移民背景的多文化跨国夫妇的后代的眼睛和经历来定性地观察这些多样性的要素。最初的数据收集包括90分钟的个人访谈，访谈对象是29位年龄在15至30岁之间的人，这些人居住在佛罗里达州，其父母被标识为来自不同的国家。结果表明，在国籍和文化身份的经典定义之间的解释上存在显着差异，强调了个人网络是分析多样性的一个考虑因素。讨论了对实践的意义以及未来研究的一些方向。