LEADER 04319nam 2200709 450 001 9910461131403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8047-9679-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804796798 035 $a(CKB)3710000000468009 035 $a(EBL)3568973 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001544903 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16135471 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001544903 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13706765 035 $a(PQKB)10489977 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3568973 035 $a(DE-B1597)564187 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804796798 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3568973 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11094646 035 $a(OCoLC)919317924 035 $a(OCoLC)1198929754 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000468009 100 $a20151118h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPregnant with the stars $ewatching and wanting the celebrity baby bump /$fRenee Ann Cramer 210 1$aStanford, California :$cStanford Law Books,$d2016. 210 4$d©2016 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 225 1 $aCultural Lives of Law 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8047-9674-2 311 $a0-8047-9255-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Obsession with the Celebrity Baby Bump""; ""1. Law, Popular Culture, and Pregnancy in America""; ""2. Celebrity Bumps, Boobs, and Booties""; ""3. Wanting the Bump""; ""4. Surveilling the Stars""; ""5. Governing the Body through the Bump""; ""6. Rebel Renderings""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" 330 $a"Check out that baby bump!" Online and print magazines, television shows, and personal blogs are awash with gossip and speculation about pregnant celebrities. What drives our cultural obsession with celebrity baby bumps? Pregnant with the Stars examines the American fascination with, and judgment of, celebrity pregnancy, and exposes how our seemingly innocent interest in "baby bumps" actually reinforces troubling standards about femininity, race, and class, while increasing the surveillance and regulation of all women in our society. This book charts how the American understanding of pregnancy has evolved by examining pop culture coverage of the pregnant celebrity body. Investigating and comparing the media coverage of pregnant celebrities, including Jennifer Garner, Angelina Jolie, Beyoncé Knowles, Kristen Bell, M.I.A., Jodie Foster, and Mila Kunis, Renée Cramer shows us how women are categorized and defined by their pregnancies. Their stories provide a paparazzi-sized lens through which we can interpret a complex set of social and legal regulations of pregnant women. Cramer exposes how cultural ideas like the "rockin' post-baby body" are not only unattainable; they are a means of social control. Combining cultural and legal analysis, Pregnant with the Stars uncovers a world where pregnant celebrities are governed and controlled alongside the recent, and troubling, proliferation of restrictive laws aimed at women in the realm of reproductive justice and freedom. Cramer asks each reader and cultural consumer to recognize that the seeing, judging, and discussion of the "baby bump" isn't merely frivolous celebrity gossip?it is an act of surveillance, commodification, and control. 410 0$aCultural lives of law. 606 $aPregnant women$xLegal status, laws, etc$zUnited States 606 $aFetus$xLegal status, laws, etc$zUnited States 606 $aPregnancy in popular culture$zUnited States 606 $aCelebrities in popular culture$zUnited States 606 $aPregnancy$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPregnant women$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aFetus$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aPregnancy in popular culture 615 0$aCelebrities in popular culture 615 0$aPregnancy$xSocial aspects 676 $a342.7308/78 700 $aCramer$b Rene?e Ann$01047079 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461131403321 996 $aPregnant with the stars$92474438 997 $aUNINA