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

Contributor(s): Publication details: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2009.Description: xvii, 234 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780313375309 (alk. paper)
  • 0313375305 (alk. paper)
  • 9780313375316 (ebook)
  • 0313375313 (ebook)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.874/30973 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ759 .M848 2009
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 MartiÌnez -- 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HQ759 .M848 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001157303

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 MartiÌnez -- 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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