Salt in the wound : a visual exploration of societal and experiental aspects of female reproduction and abortion

Salt in the Wound comprises a body of creative work supported by a theoretical discussion that critiques a patriarchally informed and imposed process of control over female reproduction and abortion. It also endeavours to explore social and psychological complexities and paradoxes attendant on the choice to abort a pregnancy. I survey contemporary effects of a western ideology developed in the 18th century, which proposed that the sole purpose of heterosexual sex should be procreation and that it should take place within marriage. In essence however, it is the corollary of this ideology that is my particular concern, this being the persistent inclination of western societies to perceive abortion in terms of a feminine defiance against a societal norm of maternal self-sacrifice.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Michaelis School of Fine Art

Year dc:date.issued

2004

Author dc:creator

• McInnes, Jacqueline Helene

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Arnott, Bruce
• Alexander, Jane

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10776

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10776