后社会主义与资本主义社会的「传统再造」：1949年以来中国大陆与香港粤剧制度的比较研究

This study compares the artistic legitimation of Cantonese opera in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland since 1949.  While the field of Cantonese opera across both societies faces similar tensions stemming from competing interpretations of tradition, these dynamics give rise to contrasting patterns of socio-cognitive categorisation.  Building on our previous GRF project (Ref. 17602521) on the Hong Kong Cantonese opera sector, this research incorporates a comparative perspective to examine the social and cultural foundations of artistic legitimation.  We investigate why incumbents in Hong Kong promote traditional performance forms while their challengers espouse avant-garde styles, whereas incumbents in the Mainland advocate avant-garde Cantonese opera while their challengers support traditional performance.  Addressing these paradoxes advances our understanding of the politics and social construction of cultural categorisation, illuminating contrasting trajectories of professional identity construction and artistic legitimation in comparative contexts. 

Principal Investigator: 

Victor Shin 

Funding: 

Research Grant Council, General Research Fund [LU13600025 (2025/26)]. HKD1,145,868. Jan 1, 2026 – Dec 31, 2028.