WCL9: Chinese migrant worker poetry, part 3
Working Class History
Working Class History
5.0 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we look at questions of censorship in China and the importance of unofficial publications for the spread of migrant worker poetry (not to mention the wider Chinese poetry scene as well). We also discuss how some working-class writers come to be left out of what is considered 'working-class writing' with a specific look at the work of gay migrant worker poet, Mu Cao.
Full show notes including sources, further reading, photos, films and eventually a transcript are here on our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl-7-9-chinese-migrant-worker-poetry/
Acknowledgements
- As always, huge thanks to our patreon supporters who make this podcast possible. A special thanks to Jamison D. Saltsman, Jazz Hands, Fernando Lopez Ojeda and Jeremy Cusimano.
- Our theme tune for these episodes is ‘A Young Man from the Village’ by the New Labour Art Troupe, from the Migrant Worker Home. Stream it here.
- This episode was produced by Jack Franco and edited by Jesse French.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the final episode of our three-part series on Migrant Worker Poetry in China. |
| 0:05.5 | If you haven't listened to the other two episodes yet, I suggest you go back and listen to those first. |
| 0:38.8 | I'm going to the... Before we get started, just a quick reminder that our podcast is brought to you by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:44.1 | Our supporters fund our work and in return get exclusive early access to podcast episodes, |
| 0:48.9 | ad-free episodes, bonus episodes, free and discounted merchandise and other content. |
| 0:53.6 | For example, our Patreon supporters can listen to all three parts of this series now, as well as an exclusive Patreon-only bonus episode that goes into more detail about the migrant work at home, |
| 1:00.0 | some of the writers that we discuss and their influences. |
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