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Mommy angst : motherhood in American popular culture / edited by Ann C. Hall and Mardia J. Bishop

Published
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2009]
Copyright Date
©2009
Physical Description
xvii, 234 pages ; 25 cm
Additional Creators
Hall, Ann C., 1959- and Bishop, Mardia

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Contents
Media morality tales and the politics of motherhood / Katherine N. Kinnick -- The motherless "Disney princess" : marketing mothers out of the picture / Marjorie Worthington -- Motherhood, memory, and Mambo : the case of the missing Cuban American mother in contemporary America popular culture / Manuel Martínez -- Of mamothers and behemothers-in-law : toward a twenty-first-century bestiary / Craig N. Owens -- Killer instincts : motherhood and violence in The long kiss goodnight and Kill Bill / Angela Dancey -- Hip mamas : Gilmore girls and Ariel Gore / Robin Silbergleid -- Running the home, house, and senate : political moms Pelosi, Clinton, and Palin / Ann C. Hall -- The mommy lift : cutting mothers down to size / Mardia Bishop -- The bioethics of designing "disabled" babies / Alina Bennett -- "Real" motherhood : changing perceptions of adoption in American history / Kathleen L. Riley -- Mom.com / Dennis Hall -- Jewish mothers : types, stereotypes, and countertypes / Jessica Prinz.
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ISBN
9780313375309 (alk. paper)
0313375305 (alk. paper)
9780313375316 (ebook)
0313375313 (ebook)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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