중국 TV 드라마 속 保姆의 재현 양상과 그 의미— 「田教授家的二十八個保姆(1999)」와 「保姆(2007)」를 중심으로

Abstract

Socialism of the Mao period broke up and neoliberalistic order got to take its place in the new system after reform and opening-up. Reform and opening-up caused rapid stratification. Accordingly, mass media began to be actively utilized for propagation and supply of Govern Culture. Maids' stories in TV shows produced against this backdrop could be found that various mechanisms to control society work. Taking note of this point, this thesis analyzed a methods and aspects of defining Maids in TV shows through Professor Tian and His Twenty-Eight Maids and Maids. Maids' stories in the two TV shows show how to hide and seal discrepancies in social rhetoric called capitalistic order and equality caused by neoliberalism. After reform and opening, Maids who again got to appear in cities appeared in TV shows as the intimate and unfamiliar strangers. For example, the maids in TV shows exist as the persons who destroy or threat families, but the families of employers eventually embrace and accept them. On the contrary, the maids who are extraordinarily good and at the same time, make efforts to improve their qualifications can be upwardly mobile like Cinderella in a fairy tale. By the way, various conditions should first be satisfied to be upwardly mobile like Cinderella. They should properly implement the domain of ‘intimacy' as the similar family of the employers and at the same time, should be civilized by improving their qualifications. And they should be willing to adapt themselves to a capitalist market economy and volunteer for sacrifice and dedication. Like this, the maids in Tian and His Twenty-Eight Maids and Maids give shame to ‘sense of morality' that the class responsible for low-level labour in society like maids. And their success stories to satisfy so-called ‘sense of morality' hide discrepancies in social rhetoric called capitalistic order and equality caused by neoliberalism. That is, the stories of the maids who are willing to adapt themselves to and live in the capitalist market economy fulfill their instrumental role of propagating Govern culture by producing fantasies that everybody can equally and harmoniously live regardless of differences in social positions and economic status.