The book is currently out of stock
More about the book
Exploring the metaphor of motherhood in film production, Lucy Fischer analyzes its representation across diverse genres beyond traditional "women's" cinema. She challenges the focus on melodramas and highlights how motherhood often embodies a site of crisis, with mothers frequently held responsible for their children's troubles. Fischer delves into how various genres uniquely address the social and psychological aspects of maternity, revealing its fundamental significance in the cinematic landscape.
Book purchase
Cinematernity, Lucy Fischer
- Language
- Released
- 2014
- product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
- (Paperback)
We’ll notify you via email once we track it down.
Payment methods
- Title
- Cinematernity
- Subtitle
- Film, Motherhood, Genre
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Lucy Fischer
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 262
- ISBN13
- 9780691608594
- Category
- Film
- Description
- Exploring the metaphor of motherhood in film production, Lucy Fischer analyzes its representation across diverse genres beyond traditional "women's" cinema. She challenges the focus on melodramas and highlights how motherhood often embodies a site of crisis, with mothers frequently held responsible for their children's troubles. Fischer delves into how various genres uniquely address the social and psychological aspects of maternity, revealing its fundamental significance in the cinematic landscape.