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Invisible & Deviant Mothers: Childbirth in Visual Culture

Invisible & Deviant Mothers: Childbirth in Visual Culture

Paperback

Series: Visual Arts

General Art

ISBN13: 9798376775813
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 9 2023
Pages: 170
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.36 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Institution-controlled births have predominated in our fictional on-screen culture for decades. When compared with less frequent home birth narratives, two dominant stereotypes emerge. People giving birth within the medical system tend to be portrayed as good, compliant but invisible, usually passive and not in control, as seen in examples like E.R. (1994-2009), Greys Anatomy (2017-2020), Knocked Up (2007), Friends (1994-2004), Offspring (2010-2017), What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) and Sex Education (2022). Those birthing outside of the hospital, and their attendant midwives are represented as active and visible but deviant and often ridiculous, for example Grace and Frankie (2018), The Gilmore Girls (2000-2007) and The Back Up Plan (2010). More recently Pieces of a Woman (2020) challenges the dominant home birth fiasco by exploring a more woman empowered narrative, but ultimately the (deviant) mother is punished by her baby's death, exacerbating deeply ingrained medical hegemony.

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