Knock me up, knock me down : images of pregnancy in Hollywood film / Kelly Oliver.

  • Oliver, Kelly, 1958-
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[2012], ©2012
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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.

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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-223) and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    UND.AL.697
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780231161084
  • 0231161085
  • 9780231161091
  • 0231161093
  • 9780231530705
  • 0231530706