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C/MD/136. Pregnant Body in Cinema and Literature: Point of Conflict over Woman's Identity

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2010
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The paper looks at the pregnant body as a symbol of woman’s power to create and develop life as well as a symbol of man’s control of life through the possession of the female body. Presentations of pregnant body and human body in films and books are discussed making references to the French horror film “À l'intérieur” (“Inside”), Ira Levin’s “Rosemary’s Baby”, Mary Shelly’s “Frankenstein”, etc.

 

KEYWORDS: pregnant body, woman’s power, man’s control, À l\'intérieur, Rosemary’s Baby, Frankenstein,

 
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