Popular culture and reproductive politics
2009; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 10; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1177/1464700109104925
ISSN1741-2773
Autores Tópico(s)Historical Gender and Feminism Studies
ResumoThis article takes the recent rash of unwanted pregnancy films, such as 2007's Juno and Knocked Up, as an opportunity to revisit Margaret Atwood's influential 1985 novel, The Handmaid's Tale. It argues that the novel deals with the same themes the films evoke during a pivotal time for reproductive politics, generally, and abortion politics, specifically. It argues that the novel offers several lessons and warnings on the nature of reproductive politics that are still relevant today. These lessons are connected to how and why these films are able to `make sense' in naturalizing their heroines' choice to keep an unwanted pregnancy.
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