MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01736cam a2200325 i 4500
001 2014004485
003 DLC
005 20150924075823.0
008 140204s2014 ncua bq 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014004485
020 $a9780786473663 (softcover : alk. paper)
020 $z9781476614687 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPS374.P645$bB67 2014
082 00 $a810.9/354$223
100 1 $aBoswell, Parley Ann,$eauthor.
245 10 $aPregnancy in literature and film /$cParley Ann Boswell.
264 1 $aJefferson, North Carolina :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$c[2014]
300 $avii, 238 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 213-223) and index.
504 $aIncludes filmography.
505 0 $aIntroduction: the pregnancy narrative -- "A" is for pregnant: the birth of American pregnancy literature -- The weepies: pregnancy, melodrama and noir -- Pregnant teenagers and other monsters -- The mothership arrives: pregnancy in science fiction -- Ways of seeing pregnancy -- Chapter notes -- Filmography.
520 $a"This is an exploration of the ways in which pregnancy affects narrative, begins with two canonical American texts. Ultimately, the pregnancy narrative in popular film and fiction provides a remarkably clear lens by which we can gauge how popular American film and fiction express our most profound--and most private--fears, values and hopes"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aPregnancy in literature.
650 0 $aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aPregnancy in motion pictures.