Cinematernity : : Film, Motherhood, Genre / / Lucy Fischer.
Noting that motherhood is a common metaphor for film production, Lucy Fischer undertakes the first investigation of how the topic of motherhood presents itself throughout a wide range of film genres. Until now discussions of maternity have focused mainly on melodramas, which, along with musicals and...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1996 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (262 p.) :; 29 halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: MOTHERHOOD AND FILM: A CRITICAL GENEALOGY
- 2. The Trick Film: THE LADY VANISHES: WOMEN, MAGIC, AND THE MOVIES
- 3. Silent Melodrama: WAY DOWN EAST MELODRAMA, METAPHOR, AND THE MATERNAL BODY
- 4. The Horror Film: BIRTH TRAUMAS PARTURITION AND HORROR IN ROSEMARY'S BABY
- 5. The Crime Film: MAMA'S BOY: FILIAL HYSTERIA IN WHITE HEAT
- 6. Film Comedy: "SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD": COMEDY AND MATRICIDE
- 7. The Thriller: THE HAND THAT SHOCKS THE CRADLE: THE MATERNAL THRILLER
- 8. The Postmodern Film: POSTMODERNITY AND POSTMATERNITY: HIGH HEELS AND IMITATION OF LIFE
- 9. The Nonfiction Film: "THE REPRODUCTION OF MOTHERING" DOCUMENTING THE MOTHER-DAUGHTER BOND
- 10. Epilogue: MATERNITY AND THE ARTIST: "A REMARKABLE ZOOLOGICAL SPECIES"
- Index