{"product_id":"weird-lullabies-betty-jay-9783039118397","title":"Weird Lullabies: Mothers and Daughters in Contemporary Film","description":"This book focuses on the mother-daughter relationship as it features in a number of films from the 1990s onwards. Bringing the insights of psychoanalysis and feminism to bear on a diverse and compelling range of representations of the mother-daughter dynamic, the author addresses a range of questions relating to the social, historical and cultural conditions which go to inform the female experience. These include, in relation to \u003ci\u003eDolores Claiborne\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeavenly Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Others\u003c\/i\u003e, an exploration of different forms of familial violence and resistance to it and in \u003ci\u003eOne True Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStepmom\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePieces of April\u003c\/i\u003e, questions about the construction of the ideal mother and her loss. From \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePiano\u003c\/i\u003e's engagement with French feminism and \u003ci\u003eLosing Chase\u003c\/i\u003e's reworking of the life and work of Virginia Woolf to the depiction of cross-racial relationships during apartheid in \u003ci\u003eFriends\u003c\/i\u003e, the films that go to make up this study all share a central concern with both the literal and symbolic forms that the mother-daughter relationship encompasses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Betty Jay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3039118390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783039118397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Betty Jay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48996276732159,"sku":"9783039118397","price":78.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/weird-lullabies-betty-jay-9783039118397","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}