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The Rhetoric and Medicalization of Pregnancy and Childbirth in Horror Films

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The Rhetoric and Medicalization of Pregnancy and Childbirth in Horror Films - Patrick-Weber, Courtney
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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 the medicalized pregnancy process.

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The Rhetoric and Medicalization of Pregnancy and Childbirth in Horror Films 2020, Lexington Books, Lanham

ISBN-13: 9781793602800

Hardcover