October 1, 2015
Xu Shuang et al., « Le corps souffrant dans la littérature chinoise depuis la Nouvelle période (1979-2015) », Extrême-Orient Extrême-Occident, ID : 10.4000/extremeorient.532
This study scrutinizes the representation of the body in Chinese literature since 1979. In the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution, bodies perceive themselves as broken, impotent, and endangered. Far from fading out with the economic prosperity, such a recurring pattern grows more persistent in the 21st Century. The key to this phenomenon is to be found in the conflicting relation between individual and social body as a cause of long-lasting suffering.