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Han, Pi-Chi – Adult Learning, 2022
In 2020, more than 560,617 female marriage migrants (FMMs) live in Taiwan. For over three decades, they have been victims of social, gender, and cultural discrimination and have been considered as an inferior group of "desirable others" from "undeveloped countries." Until today, literature about FMMs has focused on the problems…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Marriage, Spouses
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Hoggan, Chad – Adult Learning, 2014
This article presents findings from a research study wherein participants demonstrated the use of similes, metaphors, and analogies, termed "conceptual metaphors," in response to disorienting dilemmas instigated by breast cancer. In this qualitative case study of 18 breast cancer survivors, conceptual metaphors were used in three…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Figurative Language, Logical Thinking, Qualitative Research