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Author D'Amore, Laura Mattoon

Title Bound by Love : Familial Bonding in Film and Television since 1950
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (216 pages)
Contents pt. 1. Learning bonds of love and nurture -- pt. 2. Troublesome bonds between mothers and children -- pt. 3. Deconstructing family bonds for the 21st century
Summary What does it mean to be bound by love? In some cases bonds imprison and restrict, forcing captives to fight for survival. In others they promise unconditional love and acceptance, an eternal link from one soul to another. By tracing the historical lessons that have been taught in film and television about love, marriage, and parenthood, Bound by Love compellingly demonstrates a popular cultural dialogue about the changing nature of the American family over the past sixty years. The essays ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Families on television -- Congresses
Families in motion pictures -- Congresses
Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- Congresses
Television programs -- United States -- Plots, themes, etc. -- Congresses
Families -- United States -- History -- Congresses
Gender studies: women.
Popular culture.
Films, cinema.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
Families
Families in motion pictures
Families on television
Motion pictures
Television programs -- Plots, themes, etc.
United States
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011535667
ISBN 9781443831086
1443831085
9781443829854
1443829854
1283240734
9781283240734
9786613240736
6613240737