Home Is Where the Hurt Is
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7198-7 (ISBN)
Despite years of propaganda attempting to convince us otherwise, popular media is beginning to catch on to the idea that the home is one of the most dangerous and difficult places for a woman to be. This book examines this emergent trend in popular media, which increasingly takes on the realities of domestic violence, toxic home lives and the impossibility of "having it all." While many narratives still fall back on outmoded and limiting narratives about gender—the pursuit of romance, children, and a life dedicated to the domestic—this book makes the case that some texts introduce complexity and a challenge to the status quo, pointing us toward a feminist future in which women's voices and concerns are amplified and respected, both at home and in the world at large.
Sara Hosey is an associate professor of English and women and gender studies at Nassau Community College in Garden City, New York. Her scholarly work has appeared in publications including the Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies, Feminist Formations and Feminist Teacher.
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Hurt
1. Housebound: Horror Begins at Home
2. At Home in Patriarchy: Girly Moms and Worldly Girls in Gilmore Girls, Parenthood and Teen Mom
3. “Some kind of monster”: Fraught Motherhood in Twilight and The Hunger Games
4. The Real Housewives of Post-Industrial USA: Hysteria and Toxic Discourse
5. “When did he stop treating you like a princess?” Domestic Violence in Enough and Waitress
Part II: Hope
6. “Little boys don’t get to go around anymore hurting little girls”: Evolving Depictions of Domestic Violence
7. “You’re so epic”: Matrophilia in Indie Films
8. “No wrong way to make a family”: Hope and Home in Tully and The Handmaid’s Tale
9. “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
Chapter Notes
Works Cited
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.10.2019 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Photographs |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 317 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-7198-2 / 1476671982 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-7198-7 / 9781476671987 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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