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Cinematernity - Film, Motherhood, Genre (Hardcover)
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Cinematernity - Film, Motherhood, Genre (Hardcover)
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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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 screwball comedies, have
traditionally been viewed as "women's" cinema. Fischer defies
gender-based classifications to show how motherhood has played a
fundamental role in the overall cinematic experience. She argues
that motherhood is often treated as a site of crisis--for example,
the mother being blamed for the ills afflicting her offspring--then
shows the tendency of certain genres to specialize in representing
a particular social or psychological dimension in the thematics of
maternity. Drawing on social history and various cultural theories,
Fischer first looks at Rosemary's Baby to show the prevalence of
childbirth themes in horror films. In crime films (White Heat), she
sees the linkage of male deviance and mothering. The Hand That
Rocks the Cradle and The Guardian, both occult thrillers, uncover
cultural anxieties about working mothers. Her discussion covers
burlesques of male mothering, feminist documentaries on the
mother-daughter relationship, trick films dealing with procreative
metaphors, and postmodern films like High Heels, where fluid
sexuality is the theme. These films tend to treat motherhood as a
locus of irredeemable conflict, whereas History and Memory and High
Tide propose a more sanguine, dynamic, and enabling view.
Originally published in 1996. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the
latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
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