Victoria Sturtevant

It's All in the Delivery

Pregnancy in American Film and Television Comedy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How changing depictions of pregnancy in comedy from the start of the twentieth century to the present show an evolution in attitudes toward women's reproductive roles and rights.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 150mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781477330432
• ISBN-10: 1477330437
• Artikelnr.: 70101425

Autorenporträt

Victoria Sturtevant

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. What to Expect When You’re Expecting (to Read This Book)
Chapter 1. Confinements: Enter the Stork
Chapter 2. Hysterical Fatherhood: Male Pregnancy On-Screen
Chapter 3. Bad Pregnancies: Social Problems and Bad Seeds
Chapter 4. Baby Bust: Infertility and Its Discontents
Chapter 5. Shmashmortion: Terminating Abortion Stigma through Comedy
Conclusion. It’s All in the Delivery
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index