Knock me up, knock me down : images of pregnancy in Hollywood films /

The image of a heavily pregnant woman, once considered ugly and indecent, is now common to Hollywood film. Kelly Oliver investigates this curious shift and its reflection of changing attitudes toward women's roles in reproduction and the family. Reading various films, the book investigates preg...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Oliver, Kelly, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Pregnancy in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > United States.
Feminist theory.
Grossesse au cinéma.
Cinéma > États-Unis.
Théorie féministe.
ART > Film & Video.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Feminist theory
Motion pictures
Pregnancy in motion pictures
Film
Schwangerschaft > Motiv
United States
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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