It's All in the Delivery: Pregnancy in American Film and Television Comedy

by Victoria Sturtevant

How changing depictions of pregnancy in comedy from the start of the twentieth century to the present show an evolution in attitudes toward women's reproductive roles and rights.

Some of the most groundbreaking moments in American film and TV comedy have centered on pregnancy, from Lucille Ball's real-life pregnancy on I Love Lucy, to the abortion plot on Maude; Murphy Brown's controversial single motherhood; Arnold...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477330445
• ISBN13: 9781477330449
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 248 Pages