Pepsi and the Pill : : Motherhood, Politics and Film in Britain and France, 1958–1969 / / Melissa Oliver-Powell.

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• VerfasserIn: Oliver-Powell, Melissa,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (324 p.)

The 1960s was a decade of massive political and cultural change in Western Europe, as seismic shifts took place in in attitudes towards sexuality, gender, and motherhood in everyday life. Through case studies of British and French films, Pepsi and the Pill offers a fresh vision of a pivotal moment in European culture, exploring the many ways in which political activity and celebrated film movements mutually shaped each other in their views on gender, sexuality, and domesticity. As the specter of popular nationalism once again looms across Europe, this book offers a timely account of the legacy of crucial debates over issues including reproductive rights, migration, and reproductive nationalism at the intersection of political discourse, protest, and film.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- INTRODUCTION Gendering ‘Generation Pepsi’ -- PART I Conception -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Maternal Products and the British Kitchen Sink -- CHAPTER 2 The Mass Reproduction of Mothering Une femme mariée and Le bonheur -- PART II Gestation -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 3 The ‘Permissive’ Myth: Conservatism, Change and Contraception in Swinging London -- CHAPTER 4 Scene and Unscene: Reimagining Abortion in La Génération Pepsi -- PART III Delivery -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 5 Whose Lineage is it Anyway? Migration and Racist Futurities -- CHAPTER 6 Queer Communities and Queer Failures in British Film -- Conclusion: Reproducing the Future -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index