Knock Me Up, Knock Me Down: Images of Pregnancy in Hollywood Films (Paperback)

Acknowledgments
Introduction: From Shameful to Sexy—Pregnant Bellies Exploding Onto the Screen
1. Academic Feminism Versus Hollywood Feminism: How Modest Maternity Becomes Pregnant Glam
2. MomCom as RomCom: Pregnancy as a Vehicle for Romance
3. Accident and Excess: The "Choice" to Have a Baby
4. Pregnant Horror: Gestating the Other(s) Within
5. "What's the Worst That Can Happen?" Techno-Pregnancies Versus Real Pregnancies
Conclusion: Twilight Family Values
Notes
Filmography
Texts Cited
Index