Cinematernity: Film, Motherhood, Genre

by Lucy Fischer

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691037744
• ISBN13: 9780691037745
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.8" x 10.0"