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Cramer, Renée Ann

 
9780804796743: Pregnant With the Stars: Watching and Wanting the Celebrity Baby Bump
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ISBN 10 : 0804796742 ISBN 13 : 9780804796743
Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2015

Synopsis

"Check out that baby bump!" Online and print magazines, television shows, and personal blogs are awash with gossip and speculation about pregnant celebrities. What drives our cultural obsession with celebrity baby bumps? Pregnant with the Stars examines the American fascination with, and judgment of, celebrity pregnancy, and exposes how our seemingly innocent interest in "baby bumps" actually reinforces troubling standards about femininity, race, and class, while increasing the surveillance and regulation of all women in our society.

This book charts how the American understanding of pregnancy has evolved by examining pop culture coverage of the pregnant celebrity body. Investigating and comparing the media coverage of pregnant celebrities, including Jennifer Garner, Angelina Jolie, Beyoncé Knowles, Kristen Bell, M.I.A., Jodie Foster, and Mila Kunis, Renée Cramer shows us how women are categorized and defined by their pregnancies. Their stories provide a paparazzi-sized lens through which we can interpret a complex set of social and legal regulations of pregnant women.

Cramer exposes how cultural ideas like the "rockin' post-baby body" are not only unattainable; they are a means of social control. Combining cultural and legal analysis, Pregnant with the Stars uncovers a world where pregnant celebrities are governed and controlled alongside the recent, and troubling, proliferation of restrictive laws aimed at women in the realm of reproductive justice and freedom. Cramer asks each reader and cultural consumer to recognize that the seeing, judging, and discussion of the "baby bump" isn't merely frivolous celebrity gossip--it is an act of surveillance, commodification, and control.

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À propos de l'auteur

Renée Ann Cramer is Associate Professor and Chair of Law, Politics and Society at Drake University.

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Éditeur
Stanford University Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0804796742
ISBN 13 
9780804796743
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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