Motherhood Misconceived: Representing the Maternal in U.S. Films - Tapa dura

"This collection has an engaging, lively introduction co-authored by the three editors that manages to address both film studies specialists and non-specialists in its analysis of why representations of the maternal in U.S. films should concern us and precisely what the collection tells us about those representations." -- Femspec

"This intriguing book collects sharp essays, by key scholars in film studies, questioning the 'maternal' image in American cinema from the early 1900s to the present ... Illustrated with more than 20 well-chosen images, this book belongs in every serious collection of feminist film criticism." -- CHOICE

"This collection focuses on Hollywood's portrayal of motherhood in a clear, coherent fashion and addresses a variety of subtopics, including the mother-to-be, the single mother, the aging mother, the transsexual mother, and the mother in various genres." -- Lucy Fischer, author of Designing Women: Cinema, Art Deco, and the Female Form