Knock me up, knock me down : images of pregnancy in Hollywood film / Kelly Oliver.
- Oliver, Kelly, 1958-
- Date:
- [2012], ©2012
- Books
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Publication/Creation
New York : Columbia University Press, [2012], ©2012.
Physical description
232 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Notes
Includes filmography.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.
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Location Status History of MedicineUND.AL.697Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9780231161084
- 0231161085
- 9780231161091
- 0231161093
- 9780231530705
- 0231530706