Metamorfosi operaie. Corpo e alienazione in alcuni poeti operai cinesi

The article analyses the representation of the body and its relation with labour, alienation and language in the poetry of some contemporary Chinese migrant-worker authors. The body is generally perceived as the most direct link between the self and the factory, to the point that the two compenetrate and turn into each other. At the same time, this 'body writing' discloses not only new possibilities for language, but also a collective self