Chinese and Any Other Asian
Exploring East and South East Asian Identity in Britain

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Vital reading, but also vital in the truest sense - real, alive, full of humanity, interrogatory, empathetic, energising Claire Kohda, author of WOMAN, EATING

An important, vital, and illuminating read . . . An incredibly well-researched, personal, and direct exploration of society, racism, culture, food, the hypersexualisation of ESEA women, and gendered violence Angela Hui, author of Takeaway: Stories from a Childhood Behind the Counter

Rigorous, revelatory and radical, Chinese and Any Other Asian is both a fascinating social history and a timely invitation to have better conversations about culture and ethnicity. Bold and necessary Jimi Famurewa, author of SETTLERS: Journeys Through the Food, Faith and Culture of Black African London

A complex, nuanced, and absorbing portrait of what it means to be mixed - with food, gender, and labor concerns as throughlines - whose ideas and critiques can be applied well beyond the shores of Britain Alicia Kennedy, author of No Meat Required

A resonant and enjoyable read for all of us, no matter our cultural identity . . . elucidating, entertaining and approachable Charlotte Druckman, author of SKIRT STEAK and WOMEN ON FOOD

An essential look at ESEA identity through the lens of resisting British colonialism... skillfully interrogates the concepts of race, class, gender and language within pop culture with refreshing aplomb. A crucial volume in the Asian diasporic repertoire Esther Tseng

Writing with both sincerity and scepticism, Masing offers an essential deconstruction of East and Southeast Asian identity in a society that so easily collapses all nuance. As a person of Southeast Asian heritage, I've always wanted to read a book like this - simultaneously illuminating and affirming. Bettina Makalintal, senior reporter at Eater