중국 신노동자 노동가요에 나타나는 민중의식 형성 고찰 — 피춘(皮村) ‘신노동자 예술단(新工人藝術團)’ 노동가요를 중심으로

Abstract

This study examined the formation of popular consciousness in New Workers’ labor songs from the perspective of subjectivity, resistance, and solidarity. ‘New Workers’ Art Troupe’ was established on May 1, 2002 and has published a total of 11 albums to date. New Workers directly participated in all aspects of their labor songs, from writing lyrics, composing, planning, performing, and publishing. In Chapter 2, the lyrics of 105 Chinese New Workers’ labor songs were analyzed based on theme. The New Labor Art Troupe’s labor songs were created from the beginning with the purpose of getting closer to workers and the people. ‘Solidarity’, ‘awareness of identity’ and ‘resistance’ appeared most often in the lyrics. In Chapter 3, I looked at the awareness of subjectivity that appears in New Workers’ labor songs. New Labor’s labor songs express ‘cultural subject’, ‘political subject’, ‘historical subject’, ‘transformative subject’, and ‘messianic subject’. In Chapter 4, I looked at the sense of resistance that appears in New Workers’ labor songs. The tunes mainly used folk music and rock music that contained a sense of resistance. In the lyrics, the anger of many marginalized, oppressed, and suffering subjugated classes is burning brightly, and a sense of resistance, such as a revolutionary spirit to change the world, is expressed. In Chapter 5, I mainly looked at the sense of solidarity that appears in New Workers’ labor songs. ‘New Workers Art Troupe’ is seeking to form a new worker class by expanding solidarity with the people, including workers, intellectuals, NGOs, students, gender, lower class, and farmers, through music. Party politics oppresses the labor movement for the ‘crime’ of overthrowing the system. However, the ruler’s oppression actually gathers the people’s emotions of ‘deep sadness’. This is a factor that leads to a spirit of resistance and further strengthens solidarity.