出刊年月/Date of Publishing

2015.03

所屬卷期/Vol. & No.   第45卷第1期 Vol. 45, No. 1

類型/Type                 研究論文 Research Article

篇名/Title
Identity Politics of South Asian Enclaves—The (In)adequacy of (In)authenticity and Multiculturalism in Gautam Malkani’s Londonstani

南亞族群聚居區的認同政治：高泰姆．麥卡尼《倫敦地下少年》中身分真實性與多元文化主義的爭議

作者/Author
廖培真 Pei-Chen Liao

頁碼/Pagination
pp. 39-72

摘要
本文閱讀高泰姆．麥卡尼的處女作《倫敦地下少年》，由空間、身分認同與族裔的觀點來探討小說中身分真實性與多元文化主義的爭議。筆者認為，南亞移民在豪士羅的群聚表面上反映種族隔離，並呼應有些批評家對多元文化主義已死或已敗的主張，但是透過描繪族群聚居區多樣的次文化、南亞離散身分認同的細微差異，以及地下少年混雜的語言使用，麥卡尼的小說從更深層的層次挑戰所謂「已敗的多元文化」其實是單純以族裔認同政治為基礎的政策。更重要的是，小說重新定義多元文化並且點出，在當代倫敦與英國，即使在族群聚居區內，跨族裔、文化與國族疆界的身分認同與互動也是顯而易見的日常生活實踐。

Abstract
Reading Gautam Malkani’s debut novel Londonstani, this article explores questions of place, identity, and ethnicity with a focus on the (in)adequacy of (in)authenticity and multiculturalism. I argue that, even if, on the surface, the concentration of South Asian immigrants in Hounslow may reflect ethnic segregation and support the critique of the end, or failure, of multiculturalism, if read in depth, through the portrayal of the diversity of subcultures, the nuances of South Asian diasporic identity, and the rudeboys’ use of hybrid language in the ethnic enclave, Malkani’s novel challenges the supposed “failure” of “multiculturalism” as a policy based simply on ethnicity identity politics. More importantly, the novel redefines multiculturalism and points out that, in contemporary London and Britain, even in an ethnic enclave, it is evidently a common, everyday practice for people to identify and interact with others across the borders of ethnicity, culture, and nationality.

關鍵字/Key Word
《倫敦地下少年》、真實性、身分認同、南亞族群聚居區、多元文化主義
Londonstani, authenticity, identity, South Asian ethnic enclaves, multiculturalism

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.7015/JEAS.201503_45(1).0002

學門分類/Subject
文學 Literature