The rhetoric and medicalization of pregnancy and childbirth in horror films /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Patrick-Weber, Courtney, 1982- (Author)
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham : Lexington Books, [2020]
Subjects:	Pregnancy in motion pictures. Horror films > History and criticism. Childbirth in motion pictures. Horror films Pregnancy in motion pictures Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Defining horror as a rhetorical genre
Horror films and the medicalization of pregnancy and childbirth
The void and the medicalized rhetoric of stillbirth
The rhetoric of home birth, containment, and expertise in À l'intérieur (2007) and Inside (2016)
Abortion and the rhetoric of choice in Black Christmas (1974) and Red Christmas (2016)
Conclusion.