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Cultural China in Discursive TransformationEdited by Shi-xu
[Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 21:2] 2011
► pp. 213–237
Cultural identity as a production in process
Dialectics in Hongkongers’ account
Ling Chen | Hong Kong Baptist University
The type of identity most salient in intercultural communication is probably cultural identity, also a major issue in intercultural communication studies. This study adopts a dialectical perspective and approaches cultural identity as a dynamic production in and through intercultural contact and interaction. Semi-structured interviews of educated young Hongkongers turned out accounts of cultural identity along with their language use in day-to-day activities. These provided indirect access to some lived experience of people in a culturally special society. The study identifies dialectics evident in the production of cultural identity and uncovers ways people deal with dialectic tension in the process.
Keywords: Chinese, Hong Kong, intercultural communication, cultural identity
Published online: 05 July 2011
https://doi.org/10.1075/japc.21.2.04che
https://doi.org/10.1075/japc.21.2.04che
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