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How changing depictions of pregnancy in comedy from the start of the twentieth century to the present show an evolution in attitudes toward women’s reproductive roles and rights.

Some of the most groundbreaking moments in American film and TV comedy have centered around pregnancy, from Lucille Ball’s real-life pregnancy on I Love Lucy, to the abortion plot on Maude, Murphy Brown’s controversial single motherhood, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s pregnancy in Junior, or the third-trimester stand-up special Ali Wong: Baby Cobra.

In the first book-length study of pregnancy in popular comedy, Victoria Sturtevant examines the slow evolution of pregnancy tropes during the years of the Production Code; the sexual revolution and changing norms around non-marital pregnancy in the 1960s and ‘70s; and the emphasis on biological clocks, infertility, adoption, and abortion from the 1980s to now.

Across this history, p

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/3/2024 12:12:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781477330432, 978-1477330432
      ISBN10: 1477330437

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      How changing depictions of pregnancy in comedy from the start of the twentieth century to the present show an evolution in attitudes toward women’s reproductive roles and rights.

      Some of the most groundbreaking moments in American film and TV comedy have centered around pregnancy, from Lucille Ball’s real-life pregnancy on I Love Lucy, to the abortion plot on Maude, Murphy Brown’s controversial single motherhood, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s pregnancy in Junior, or the third-trimester stand-up special Ali Wong: Baby Cobra.

      In the first book-length study of pregnancy in popular comedy, Victoria Sturtevant examines the slow evolution of pregnancy tropes during the years of the Production Code; the sexual revolution and changing norms around non-marital pregnancy in the 1960s and ‘70s; and the emphasis on biological clocks, infertility, adoption, and abortion from the 1980s to now.

      Across this history, p

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