[Download pdf] Knock Me Up, Knock Me Down: Images of Pregnancy in Hollywood Films
▲ Kelly Oliver ▲
| #995300 in Books | Columbia University Press | 2012-10-09 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.10 x.70 x5.50l,.70 | File Name: 0231161093 | 248 pages |
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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 m...
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