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Representation of Abortion in Selected Film and Television REPRESENTATION OF ABORTION IN SELECTED FILM AND TELEVISION Claire Ann Barrington Supervisor: Michael Titlestad A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Arts. Johannesburg, 2016 i ABSTRACT This dissertation argues that the representation of abortion provides a platform which reveals women’s societal and gendered positions, and provides a critique of the hypocritical attitudes to which societies subject women. I will be considering various representations of abortion in six films and two television shows. The films are Alexander Kluge’s Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave (1973), Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), Mike Leigh’s Vera Drake (2004), Fruit Chan’s Dumplings (2004), The Pang Brother’s Re-Cycle (2006) and Ridley Scott’s Prometheus (2012). The two television shows are FX’s American Horror Story (2011—) and ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy (2005—). Each text provides a unique representation of abortion, often situating the issue within particular physical, social, political and cultural locations. In presenting a close reading of each text, I will show how the representation of abortion in each chapter relates to differing social, political and cultural ideologies. I will argue that there is a developing sense of the lived realities of women, which include, but are not limited to, issues of alienation, autonomy, agency and identity. Such lived realties, I will contend, are constructed within societies that, aware or not of the fact, are dominated by patriarchal influences. ii DECLARATION I declare that this dissertation is my own unaided work. It is submitted for the degree of Master of Arts in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. It has not been submitted before any other degree or examination in any other university. _____________________________ Claire Barrington 14th day of March 2016 iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank my supervisor Michael Titlestad, for his guidance, patience and dedication to this project. His continued guidance and, most importantly, his support have been invaluable to my academic development, as well as to the development of this dissertation. Secondly, I would like to thank my friends for their unwavering encouragement and their constant good cheer amidst my sometimes dreary countenance. Special thanks go out to Daniela Villani, Lauren Nell, Adam Levin and Alexandra Wheeler. Finally, I would like to thank my family, John, Cindy and Mark Barrington, for putting up with some fairly bizarre conversations, many sleepless nights, and for watching every film I could find relating to abortion. Without your support and constant presence, this project would never have been completed. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 1 CONTRADICTING HEGEMONY IN ALEXANDER KLUGE’S PART-TIME WORK OF A DOMESTIC SLAVE 12 CHAPTER 2 WRITTEN ON THE BODY: CRISTIAN MUNGIU’S 4 MONTHS, 2 DAYS AND 3 WEEKS 29 CHAPTER 3 MIKE LEIGH’S VERA DRAKE: THE POLITICS OF WOMEN 49 CHAPTER 4 FRUIT CHAN’S DUMPLINGS: CANNIBALISING ONE’S SELF 72 CHAPTER 5 A GOTHIC SATIRE OF CULTURE IN FX’S AMERICAN HORROR STORY 97 CHAPTER 6 ABC’S GREY’S ANATOMY: LOCATING THE (M)OTHER 118 CHAPTER 7 RECYCLING THE TRAUMATIC IN THE PANG BROTHERS’ RE-CYCLE 150 CHAPTER 8 GENDERED CONVERSATIONS IN RIDLEY SCOTT’S PROMETHEUS 172 CONCLUSION 190 WORKS CITED 201 i LIST OF FIGURES Fig. 1.1 Part Time Work 00:00:10 ...................................................................... 15 Fig. 1.2 Part Time Work 00:00:16 ...................................................................... 16 Fig. 1.3 Part-Time Work 00:03:38 ...................................................................... 19 Fig. 1.4 Part-Time Work 00:02:07 ...................................................................... 19 Fig. 1.5 Part-Time Work 00:09:53 ...................................................................... 20 Fig. 1.6 Part-Time Work 00:06:52 ...................................................................... 23 Fig. 1.7 Part-Time Work 00:07:10 ...................................................................... 24 Fig. 2.1 4 Months 00:06:06 (a) & 00:55:33 (b) .................................................. 35 Fig. 2.2 4 Months 00:09:15 ................................................................................. 36 Fig. 2.3 4 Months 00:40:50 ................................................................................. 39 Fig. 2.4 4 Months 00:47:09 ................................................................................. 40 Fig. 2.5 4 Months 00:51:18 ................................................................................. 41 Fig. 2.6 4 Months 00:50:22 ................................................................................. 41 Fig. 2.7 4 Months 00:56:29 (a) & 00:56:00 (b) .................................................. 44 Fig. 2.8 4 Months 01:17:10 ................................................................................. 45 Fig. 2.9 4 Months 01:29:33 ................................................................................. 47 Fig. 2.10 4 Months 01:33:51 ............................................................................... 47 Fig. 3.1 Vera Drake 00:01:40 ............................................................................. 51 Fig. 3.2 Vera Drake 00:07:09 ............................................................................. 52 Fig. 3.3 Vera Drake 00:21:44 ............................................................................. 54 Fig. 3.4 Vera Drake 00:34:09 ............................................................................. 57 Fig. 3.5 Vera Drake 00:39:25 ............................................................................. 58 Fig. 3.6 Vera Drake 00:42:34 (a) & 00:44:18 (b) ............................................... 58 Fig. 3.7 Vera Drake 00:54:08 ............................................................................. 59 Fig. 3.8 Vera Drake 01:35:56 ............................................................................. 61 Fig. 3.9 Vera Drake 00:08:01 ............................................................................. 64 Fig. 3.10 Vera Drake 00:59:00 ........................................................................... 65 Fig. 3.11 Vera Drake 01:25:24 ........................................................................... 66 Fig. 3.12 Vera Drake 01:43:47 ........................................................................... 68 Fig. 3.13 Vera Drake 01:55:01 ........................................................................... 70 ii Fig. 4.1 Dumplings 00:20:41 .............................................................................. 75 Fig. 4.2 Dumplings 00:21:09 .............................................................................. 78 Fig. 4.3 Dumplings 00:21:09 .............................................................................. 79 Fig. 4.4 Dumplings 00:22:56 .............................................................................. 82 Fig. 4.5 Dumplings 00:06:39 (a) & 00:20:35 (b) ................................................ 85 Fig. 4.6 Dumplings 00:29:48 .............................................................................. 89 Fig. 4.7 Dumplings 00:00:00 .............................................................................. 90 Fig. 4.8 Dumplings 00:45:09 .............................................................................. 91 Fig. 4.9 Dumplings 00:45:25 .............................................................................. 92 Fig. 4.10 Dumplings 01:18:33 ............................................................................ 94 Fig. 4.11 Dumplings 01:24:59 ............................................................................ 95 Fig. 5.1 AHS S01E01 00:00:14 ......................................................................... 101 Fig. 5.2 AHS S01E01 00:03:44 ......................................................................... 103 Fig.5.3 AMS S01E03 00:20:59 .......................................................................... 104 Fig. 5.4 AHS S01E03 00:21:24 ......................................................................... 106 Fig. 5.5 AHS S01E03 00:24:16 ......................................................................... 107 Fig. 5.6 AHS S01E04 00:21:25 ......................................................................... 109 Fig. 5.7 AHS S01E04 00:22:39 ......................................................................... 110 Fig. 5.8 AHS S01E07 00:23:41 ......................................................................... 112 Fig. 5.9 AHS S01E02 00:37:22 ......................................................................... 114 Fig. 5.10 AHS S05E06 00:01:26 ....................................................................... 116 Fig. 6.1 Grey's S03E11 00:11:19 ...................................................................... 122 Fig. 6.2 Grey's S03E12 00:08:04 ...................................................................... 124 Fig. 6.3 Grey's S03E12 00:21:53 ...................................................................... 125 Fig. 6.4 Grey's S03E22 00:02:37 ...................................................................... 128 Fig. 6.5 Grey's S03E22 00:42:38 ...................................................................... 130 Fig. 6.6 Grey's S03E22 00:00:00 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