| Description |
232 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes filmography. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: from shameful to sexy -- Pregnant bellies exploding onto the screen -- Academic feminism versus Hollywood feminism: how modest maternity becomes pregnant glam -- MomCom as RomCom: pregnancy as a vehicle for romance -- Accident and excess: the "choice" to have a baby -- Pregnant horror: gestating the other(s) within -- "What's the worst that can happen?" techno-pregnancies versus real pregnancies -- Conclusion: Twilight family values. |
| Summary |
"No longer is pregnancy a repulsive or shameful condition in Hollywood films, but an attractive attribute, often enhancing the romantic or comedic storyline of a female character. Kelly Oliver investigates this curious shift and its reflection of changing attitudes toward women's roles in reproduction and the family. Not all representations signify progress. Oliver finds that in many pregnancy films, our anxieties over modern reproductive practices and technologies are made manifest, and in some cases perpetuate conventions curtailing women's freedom. Reading such films as Where the Heart Is (2000), Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Palindromes (2004), Saved! (2004), Quinceañera (2006), Children of Men (2006), Knocked Up (2007), Juno (2007), Baby Mama (2008), Away We Go (2009), Precious (2009), The Back-up Plan (2010), Due Date (2010), and Twilight: Breaking Dawn (2011), Oliver investigates pregnancy as a vehicle for romance, a political issue of "choice," a representation of the hosting of "others," a prism for fears of miscegenation, and a screen for modern technological anxieties"--Publisher description. |
| Subject |
Pregnancy in motion pictures.
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Pregnancy in motion pictures. |
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Motion pictures -- United States.
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Motion pictures. |
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United States. |
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Feminist theory.
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Feminist theory. |
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Feminist theory. |
| ISBN |
9780231161091 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780231161084 cloth alkaline paper |
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0231161085 cloth alkaline paper |
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0231161093 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780231530705 ebook |
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0231530706 ebook |
| Standard No. |
40021424455 |
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