Morley, R;
Carlyle, S;
(2020)
The politics of reproduction: abortion and authority in Soviet cinema.
In: Bardazzi, A and Bazzoni, A, (eds.)
Gender and authority across disciplines, space and time.
(pp. 243-270).
Palgrave Macmillan: London, UK.
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Abstract
In the Soviet period, state policy on abortion underwent three significant changes: legalization in 1920, banning in 1936 and re-legalization in 1955. With reproduction and motherhood considered state concerns, the female body, and in particular the pregnant female body, became a key site for the promotion of the authorities’ socio-ideological agendas. Given the Soviet state’s appropriation of cinema as a tool for education and propaganda, these issues were often addressed on screen. This chapter provides a critical overview of the representation of abortion in films made between the early-Soviet 1920s and the Brezhnevite 1980s and assesses the extent to which Soviet cinema reflects, or actively promotes, the bio-political authority of the state. Considering the films in their socio-ideological contexts, the chapter examines their treatment of different types of authority and asks whether Soviet film-makers sought to challenge prevailing socio-ideological stances on abortion, female autonomy and gendered structures of authority.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | The politics of reproduction: abortion and authority in Soviet cinema |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-45160-8 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45160-8_12 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > SSEES |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10086847 |
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