Knock Me Up, Knock Me Down
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Knock Me Up, Knock Me Down

Images of Pregnancy in Hollywood Films

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Knock Me Up, Knock Me Down

Images of Pregnancy in Hollywood Films

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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 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.

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Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780231530705
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Deconstruction in Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover 
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents 
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction: From Shameful to Sexy—Pregnant Bellies Exploding Onto the Screen
  9. 1. Academic Feminism Versus Hollywood Feminism: How Modest Maternity Becomes Pregnant Glam
  10. 2. MomCom as RomCom: Pregnancy as a Vehicle for Romance
  11. 3. Accident and Excess: The “Choice” to Have a Baby
  12. 4. Pregnant Horror: Gestating the Other(s) Within
  13. 5. “What’s the Worst That Can Happen?” Techno-Pregnancies Versus Real Pregnancies
  14. Conclusion: Twilight Family Values
  15. Notes
  16. Filmography
  17. Texts Cited
  18. Index