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Home is where the hurt is : media depictions of wives and mothers / Sara Hosey.
ISBN:
9781476637365
Title:
Home is where the hurt is : media depictions of wives and mothers / Sara Hosey.
Author:
Hosey, Sara, author.
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 224 pages) : illustrations
Contents:
Housebound : horror begins at home -- At home in patriarchy : girly moms and worldly girls in Gilmore girls, Parenthood and Teen mom -- "Some kind of monster" : fraught motherhood in Twilight and The hunger games -- The real housewives of post-industrial USA : hysteria and toxic discourse -- "When did he stop treating you like a princess?" : domestic violence in Enough and Waitress -- "Little boys don't get to go around anymore hurting little girls" : evolving depictions of domestic violence -- "You're so epic" : matrophilia in indie films -- "No wrong way to make a family" : hope and home in Tully and The handmaid's tale -- "You're such a good mom" : Transparenthood, pain and privilege -- Conclusion: "Un poco mas doloroso" : Jane the virgin and the home as a little less painful.
Local Note:
eBooks on EBSCOhost
Format:
Electronic Resources
Publication Date:
2019
Publication Information:
Jefferson, North Carolina :

McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,

[2019]