Xiqu and Cultural Identity

A recent surveySurvey—Chinese languages—Xiqu CentreCentre in Hong KongHong Kong and an identity problem as revealed by language use—simplifiedCharactersimplified and traditional charactersCharactertraditional—literacy and oralityLiteracyliteracy and orality—the relationship between spoken language and tunesTunesspoken language and tunes in xiqus—the system of tunesTunessystem of tunes—musicSongsong and identity and identityMusicmusic and identity—case study: can listeners hear the difference?—identification of a communityCommunity through music—authorship in xiqus—migrationMobilitymigration of xiqus—case study: how to prepare a new xiqu type—the interdependence of xiqus and their communities—identity strugglesStruggleidentity struggle through xiqus.