The rhetoric and medicalization of pregnancy and childbirth in horror films / Courtney Patrick-Weber.

"This book argues that the medicalization of pregnancy and childbirth traumatizes pregnant people in various ways, using a select group of horror films to portray this trauma on a visceral level. This analysis allows audiences to identify and empathize with pregnant people who are victims of th...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Patrick-Weber, Courtney, 1982- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham : Lexington Books, [2020]
Subjects:	Pregnancy in motion pictures. Horror films > History and criticism. Childbirth in motion pictures.