Mommy angst
Subtitle: motherhood in American popular culture
By: edited by Ann C. Hall and Mardia J. Bishop.
Contributors: Hall, Ann C., 1959-; Bishop, Mardia.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780313375309; 9780313375316
Subjects: Motherhood -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Media morality tales and the politics of motherhood / Katherine N. Kinnick; title: The motherless "Disney princess" : marketing mothers out of the picture / Marjorie Worthington; title: Motherhood, memory, and Mambo : the case of the missing Cuban American mother in contemporary America popular culture / Manuel Martínez; title: Of mamothers and behemothers-in-law : toward a twenty-first-century bestiary / Craig N. Owens; title: Killer instincts : motherhood and violence in The long kiss goodnight and Kill Bill / Angela Dancey; title: Hip mamas : Gilmore girls and Ariel Gore / Robin Silbergleid; title: Running the home, house, and senate : political moms Pelosi, Clinton, and Palin / Ann C. Hall; title: The mommy lift : cutting mothers down to size / Mardia Bishop; title: The bioethics of designing "disabled" babies / Alina Bennett; title: "Real" motherhood : changing perceptions of adoption in American history / Kathleen L. Riley; title: Mom.com / Dennis Hall; title: Jewish mothers : types, stereotypes, and countertypes / Jessica Prinz.