Translanguaging as a Transcultural Marker in the Italian Sinophone Play Tong Men-g

In this chapter, I use concepts from sociolinguistics to highlight how Chinese-Italian writer and actor Shi Yang Shi uses language in his Sinophone play Tong Men-g (1) to express his fluid cultural identity, (2) to question current hegemonic views on ethnicity in Italy, and (3) to inspire a sense of local belonging in the Chinese-Italian community. This threefold objective, I argue, is pursued in both the content and the form (language).