"Breaking Waves", sort of.... >I am wondering if anybody might have any ideas on recent films depicting >single mothers -- either as main characters or incidental characters? I >have most of the classics, and of course there are the Terminators, Jerry >Maguire, Postcards from the Edge, etc. However, the only movies I get to >see with any regularity are those nasty Disney flicks and other children's >animated features (my son is 6 years old). So, I don't get to see adult >movies very often. This is my area of research for my dissertation, so any >thoughts would be appreciated. You can either respond to the list, or >respond to me privately, if you have any good ideas. (By recent films, I >mean post 1960 -- I guess it's not that recent, huh?) > >Lisa :-) > >======================================= >"There is nothing revolutionary whatsoever about the control of women's >bodies by men. The woman's body is the terrain on which patriarchy is >erected." > --Adrienne Rich >======================================= >Lisa R. Barry >Ph.D. Candidate >The Pennsylvania State University >234 Sparks Building >University Park, PA 16802 >[log in to unmask] >http://www.personal.psu.edu/lrb7 > >---- >Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite >http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite