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Knock Me Up, Knock Me Down
Kelly Oliver
其他書名
Images of Pregnancy in Hollywood Films
出版
Columbia University Press
, 2012-10-09
主題
Social Science / Women's Studies
Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism
Philosophy / Aesthetics
Philosophy / Mind & Body
Philosophy / Social
Social Science / Gender Studies
Philosophy / Movements / Deconstruction
Performing Arts / Film / General
ISBN
0231530706
9780231530705
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=kKDj6jmOshQC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
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.