At the 2001 Academy Awards, 4 out of the 5 actresses nominated for best actress played the role of a single mother - Juliette Binoche for "Chocolat," Julia Roberts for "Erin Brockovich," Laura Linney for "You Can Count on Me" and Ellen Burstyn for "Requiem for A Dream." And in 2010, 3 films featuring fatherless families, "The Switch," "The Back Up Plan" and "The Kids Are Alright" were released consecutively - prompting declarations that it was the year of the single mother. How did the single mother figure become discursively symbolic of a policy of inclusivity and diversity of behalf of mainstream popular cinema? Are these recent configurations of motherhood reflecting a more inclusive attitude towards lone motherhood in general or do these new representational strategies veil more familiar conservative accounts?
- ISBN10 1784530093
- ISBN13 9781784530099
- Publish Date 30 July 2017
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 15 December 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint I.B. Tauris
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English