Tamsin Barber
Biographic Data
| ID | 641032 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tamsin Barber |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tamsin |
| FAMILY NAME | Barber |
| SIGNATURE | BARBER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oxford Brookes University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8994-999X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Examining Highly Skilled Vietnamese Migrants’ Return Decision-Making through Their Aspirations for the “Good Life” in Vietnam
Research indicates that an increasing number of Vietnamese international students return to Vietnam after graduation, yet migrants’ return decision-making remains understudied. This article draws on eighty-six ethnographic interviews with highly skilled migrants in Vancouver and Paris who have considered or decided against returning to Vietnam, as well as with those who have already returned. Centering on migrants’ aspirations for the “good life”…
Under cover: Xaviera Simmons’s Black femmescapes
Constructing categories of 'desirable migrants' through bureaucracy in French and Canadian mobility regimes
This paper comparatively examines ‘highly skilled’ Vietnamese migrants’ encounters with the mobility regimes in France and Canada, through their experiences with immigration administrative procedures in these countries. We seek to highlight how categories of ‘desirable migrants’ are constructed through these bureaucratic encounters, by the policies and bureaucrats but also by migrants themselves. We draw from ethnographic interviews with 64 Vietn…
A dynamic and critical approach to belonging as a dimension of occupation
Differentiated embedding among the Vietnamese refugees in London and the UK: Fragmentation, Complexity, and 'In/Visibility
KEYWORDS: First- and second-generationintra-ethnic divisionsdifferentiated embeddingVietnamese communities in London
The integration of Vietnamese refugees in London and the UK: Fragmentation, complexity, and 'in/visibility'
The Vietnamese refugee experience in the UK has been characteristically different from the broader international flows of Vietnamese ‘boat people’ to the West. With no pre-existing Vietnamese community in the UK, largely composed of the rural poor from northern Vietnam, this numerically small community has remained largely invisible in British society. London houses over half of the UK Vietnamese population and the London Vietnamese communities a…
Achieving ethnic authenticity through 'return' visits to Vietnam: Paradoxes of class and gender among the British-born Vietnamese
The Vietnamese in Britain are a small and less visible community who remain largely unrecognised in wider society. For those born in Britain, constructing a Vietnamese identity and a sense of ethnic belonging is often rendered problematic due to a lack of inclusion in, and identification with, their local Vietnamese community. Instead, ‘return’ visits to Vietnam occupy a particularly important space in their narratives of ethnic authentification.…
Oriental Identities in Super-Diverse Britain: Young Vietnamese in London
Tamsin Barber addresses the experience of the British-born Vietnamese as an overlooked minority population in 'super-diverse' London, exploring the emergence of the pan-ethnic 'Oriental' category as a
Chinese, Japanese or ‘Oriental’: Vietnamese-passing in ‘super-diverse’ London
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 pas…
Performing ‘Oriental’ masculinities: Embodied identities among Vietnamese men in London
The young British-born Vietnamese are a largely unrecognised group in society and are generally not considered part of multiethnic Britain. A key characteristic of their racial positioning has been the very specific forms of hegemonic gendered labelling shaped by discourses of Orientalism. These Orientalist discourses subject Vietnamese men to pernicious stereotyping linked to ‘passive’ and effeminising forms of ‘subordinate’ masculinity. The eth…
Performing ‘Oriental’ masculinities: Embodied identities among Vietnamese men in London
The young British-born Vietnamese are a largely unrecognised group in society and are generally not considered part of multiethnic Britain. A key characteristic of their racial positioning has been the very specific forms of hegemonic gendered labelling shaped by discourses of Orientalism. These Orientalist discourses subject Vietnamese men to pernicious stereotyping linked to ‘passive’ and effeminising forms of ‘subordinate’ masculinity. The eth…
Differentiated embedding among the Vietnamese refugees in London and the UK: Fragmentation, Complexity, and 'In/Visibility
KEYWORDS: First- and second-generationintra-ethnic divisionsdifferentiated embeddingVietnamese communities in London
Achieving ethnic authenticity through 'return' visits to Vietnam: Paradoxes of class and gender among the British-born Vietnamese
The Vietnamese in Britain are a small and less visible community who remain largely unrecognised in wider society. For those born in Britain, constructing a Vietnamese identity and a sense of ethnic belonging is often rendered problematic due to a lack of inclusion in, and identification with, their local Vietnamese community. Instead, ‘return’ visits to Vietnam occupy a particularly important space in their narratives of ethnic authentification.…
A dynamic and critical approach to belonging as a dimension of occupation
Performing ‘Oriental’ masculinities: Embodied identities among Vietnamese men in London
The young British-born Vietnamese are a largely unrecognised group in society and are generally not considered part of multiethnic Britain. A key characteristic of their racial positioning has been the very specific forms of hegemonic gendered labelling shaped by discourses of Orientalism. These Orientalist discourses subject Vietnamese men to pernicious stereotyping linked to ‘passive’ and effeminising forms of ‘subordinate’ masculinity. The eth…
Oriental Identities in Super-Diverse Britain: Young Vietnamese in London
Tamsin Barber addresses the experience of the British-born Vietnamese as an overlooked minority population in 'super-diverse' London, exploring the emergence of the pan-ethnic 'Oriental' category as a
Chinese, Japanese or ‘Oriental’: Vietnamese-passing in ‘super-diverse’ London
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 pas…
Achieving ethnic authenticity through 'return' visits to Vietnam: Paradoxes of class and gender among the British-born Vietnamese
The Vietnamese in Britain are a small and less visible community who remain largely unrecognised in wider society. For those born in Britain, constructing a Vietnamese identity and a sense of ethnic belonging is often rendered problematic due to a lack of inclusion in, and identification with, their local Vietnamese community. Instead, ‘return’ visits to Vietnam occupy a particularly important space in their narratives of ethnic authentification.…
The integration of Vietnamese refugees in London and the UK: Fragmentation, complexity, and 'in/visibility'
The Vietnamese refugee experience in the UK has been characteristically different from the broader international flows of Vietnamese ‘boat people’ to the West. With no pre-existing Vietnamese community in the UK, largely composed of the rural poor from northern Vietnam, this numerically small community has remained largely invisible in British society. London houses over half of the UK Vietnamese population and the London Vietnamese communities a…
Differentiated embedding among the Vietnamese refugees in London and the UK: Fragmentation, Complexity, and 'In/Visibility
KEYWORDS: First- and second-generationintra-ethnic divisionsdifferentiated embeddingVietnamese communities in London
A dynamic and critical approach to belonging as a dimension of occupation
Examining Highly Skilled Vietnamese Migrants’ Return Decision-Making through Their Aspirations for the “Good Life” in Vietnam
Research indicates that an increasing number of Vietnamese international students return to Vietnam after graduation, yet migrants’ return decision-making remains understudied. This article draws on eighty-six ethnographic interviews with highly skilled migrants in Vancouver and Paris who have considered or decided against returning to Vietnam, as well as with those who have already returned. Centering on migrants’ aspirations for the “good life”…
Under cover: Xaviera Simmons’s Black femmescapes
Constructing categories of 'desirable migrants' through bureaucracy in French and Canadian mobility regimes
This paper comparatively examines ‘highly skilled’ Vietnamese migrants’ encounters with the mobility regimes in France and Canada, through their experiences with immigration administrative procedures in these countries. We seek to highlight how categories of ‘desirable migrants’ are constructed through these bureaucratic encounters, by the policies and bureaucrats but also by migrants themselves. We draw from ethnographic interviews with 64 Vietn…
Sociology (7 works) · Vietnamese (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (4 works) · Ethnic group (4 works) · Geography (4 works)