Ethnic Enclave Reconfiguration: A ‘new’ Chinatown in the Making
Ethnic Enclave Reconfiguration: A ‘new’ Chinatown in the Making
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民族飞地重新配置：正在形成的“新”唐人街
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2005
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通讯作者：
Mai B. Phan
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作者：
C. Luk;Mai B. Phan
过去多年来对传统唐人街的研究基于这样的假设：唐人街是单一少数民族（即华人）的民族飞地。近年来，人们可以观察到唐人街发生了显着变化，越南人的数量增多。然而，作为研究对象的转型过程在有关民族飞地的文献中却很少得到体现。纵观多伦多西唐人街从香港到越南的种族商业转型，本文强烈主张“多种种族”可以在一个飞地共存。在本案例研究中，唐人街正在被重新配置为“新”唐人街。我们利用作者的越南商业数据库（涵盖 1983 年至 2003 年的信息）中的数据，提出了空间和时间分析，以深入了解越南企业如何随时间发展。我们的研究结果支持多伦多唐人街西存在越南化进程。然而，它的进化仍处于婴儿阶段。在某些方面，入驻的越南企业与其余香港企业有相似之处。总而言之，西唐人街的形态和商业性质的全面重构尚未完成。鉴于民族转型的日益频繁，特别是在全球化时代，基于民族单一性的传统飞地概念必须被放弃。
Years of past research on traditional Chinatowns were based on the assumption that Chinatown is an ethnic enclave for a single ethnic minority, i.e. the Chinese. In recent years, one could observe significant changes over Chinatowns in terms of more Vietnamese presence. Yet, the transition process as an object of study is much under-represented in the literature on ethnic enclaves. Looking at ethnic business transition from Hong Kong to Vietnamese in Toronto’s Chinatown West, this paper argues strongly that ‘multiple ethnicity’ can coexist in an enclave. For this case study, the Chinatown is being reconfigured into a ‘new’ Chinatown. Drawing upon data from the authors’ Vietnamese Business Database that covers information between 1983 and 2003, we present both spatial and temporal analyses that offer insights into how the Vietnamese businesses grow through time. Our findings support the existence of a Vietnamization process in Toronto Chinatown West. However, its evolution is still in an infant stage. In some aspects, the incoming Vietnamese businesses display similarities with the remaining Hong Kong businesses. In sum, a total reconfiguration of Chinatown West in form and business nature is still unaccomplished. The conventional enclave concept which bases on the singularity of ethnic group has to be abandoned in view of rising occurrence of ethnic transition, particularly in this globalizing era.