Chinese, Japanese or ‘Oriental’?: Vietnamese-passing in ‘super-diverse’ London
Chinese, Japanese or ‘Oriental’?: Vietnamese-passing in ‘super-diverse’ London
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中国人、日本人还是“东方人”？：越南人在“超级多元化”的伦敦
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10.1080/1070289x.2014.944184
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2015
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Tamsin Barber
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Tamsin Barber
The young British-born Vietnamese are a relatively invisible group in ‘super-diverse’ London who are often misidentified in their everyday encounters. Eluding more straightforward processes of ethnic or racial assignment, the young Vietnamese ‘pass’ in various different ways as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai or ‘Oriental’. Drawing upon primary interview data and participant observation, this article traces ‘passive’ and ‘deliberate’ forms of passing to highlight how intersecting processes of class, gender and place enable/engender different kinds of passing. It is argued that Vietnamese-passing challenges more ‘celebratory’ readings of (super-) diversity by concealing (and depoliticising) difference and erasing Vietnamese voices rather than allowing for their proliferation. It is suggested that practices of passing may become more common in super-diverse societies, as markers of visible difference become increasingly complex and less determinable, especially among newer, non-colonial migrant groups who are more ambiguously positioned within existing identity regimes.
