Knock me up, knock me down : images of pregnancy in Hollywood film

Autor:Kelly Oliver (Autor)

Resumen:No longer is pregnancy a shameful condition in Hollywood films, but an attractive attribute, often enhancing the romantic or comedic storyline of a female character. Oliver investigates this shift and its reflection of changing attitudes toward women's roles in reproduction and the family. Reading such films as 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