Jessica Gildersleeve
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- February 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781911325482
- eISBN:
- 9781800342323
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3828/liverpool/9781911325482.001.0001
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now (1973) has been called “a ghost story for adults.” Certainly, in contrast to the more explicitly violent and bloodthirsty horror films of the 1970s, Don't Look Now seems ...
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Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now (1973) has been called “a ghost story for adults.” Certainly, in contrast to the more explicitly violent and bloodthirsty horror films of the 1970s, Don't Look Now seems of an entirely different order. Yet this supernaturally inflected tale of a child's accidental drowning, and her parents' desperate simultaneous recoil from her death and pursuit of her ghost, Don't Look Now is horrific at every turn. This book argues for it as a particular kind of horror film, one which depends utterly on the narrative of trauma—on the horror of unknowing, of seeing too late, and of the failures of paternal authority and responsibility. The book positions Don't Look Now within a discourse of midcentury anxiety narratives primarily existing in literary texts. In this context, it represents a crossover or a hinge between literature and film of the 1970s, and the ways in which the women's ghost story or uncanny story turns the horror film into a cultural commentary on the failures of the modern family.Less
Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now (1973) has been called “a ghost story for adults.” Certainly, in contrast to the more explicitly violent and bloodthirsty horror films of the 1970s, Don't Look Now seems of an entirely different order. Yet this supernaturally inflected tale of a child's accidental drowning, and her parents' desperate simultaneous recoil from her death and pursuit of her ghost, Don't Look Now is horrific at every turn. This book argues for it as a particular kind of horror film, one which depends utterly on the narrative of trauma—on the horror of unknowing, of seeing too late, and of the failures of paternal authority and responsibility. The book positions Don't Look Now within a discourse of midcentury anxiety narratives primarily existing in literary texts. In this context, it represents a crossover or a hinge between literature and film of the 1970s, and the ways in which the women's ghost story or uncanny story turns the horror film into a cultural commentary on the failures of the modern family.
Browne C. Lewis
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814738481
- eISBN:
- 9780814753279
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814738481.001.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Family Law
When a child is conceived from sexual intercourse between a married, heterosexual couple, the child has a legal father and mother. Whatever may happen thereafter, the child's parents are legally ...
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When a child is conceived from sexual intercourse between a married, heterosexual couple, the child has a legal father and mother. Whatever may happen thereafter, the child's parents are legally bound to provide for their child, and if they don't, they'-re held accountable by law. But what about children created by artificial insemination? When it comes to paternity, the law is full of gray areas, resulting in many cases where children have no legal fathers. This book argues that the courts should take steps to ensure that all children have at least two legal parents. Additionally, state legislatures should recognize that more than one class of fathers may exist and allocate paternal responsibility based, again, upon the best interest of the child. The book includes concrete methods for dealing with different types of cases, including anonymous and non-anonymous sperm donors, married and unmarried women, and lesbian couples. In so doing, it first establishes different types of paternity, and then draws on these to create an expanded definition of paternity.Less
When a child is conceived from sexual intercourse between a married, heterosexual couple, the child has a legal father and mother. Whatever may happen thereafter, the child's parents are legally bound to provide for their child, and if they don't, they'-re held accountable by law. But what about children created by artificial insemination? When it comes to paternity, the law is full of gray areas, resulting in many cases where children have no legal fathers. This book argues that the courts should take steps to ensure that all children have at least two legal parents. Additionally, state legislatures should recognize that more than one class of fathers may exist and allocate paternal responsibility based, again, upon the best interest of the child. The book includes concrete methods for dealing with different types of cases, including anonymous and non-anonymous sperm donors, married and unmarried women, and lesbian couples. In so doing, it first establishes different types of paternity, and then draws on these to create an expanded definition of paternity.
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226317274
- eISBN:
- 9780226317298
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226317298.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, European Early Modern History
On February 20, 1615, the bailiff of suburban Gostenhof reported to the Nuremberg city council that he had taken into custody three young girls “left sitting” by their father, soldier Christof ...
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On February 20, 1615, the bailiff of suburban Gostenhof reported to the Nuremberg city council that he had taken into custody three young girls “left sitting” by their father, soldier Christof “Stoffel” Baur of Nördlingen. This chapter explores the background of Stoffel and other absent fathers, looking at the frequency of their comings and goings, the reasons behind their departures, and the impact their decisions had on the wives and children they left behind. It describes the necessities of everyday life for such households, how these heads of households attempted to meet those necessities, and what happened when they failed. Most important, the relative roles of informal child circulation and of governmental intervention in sustaining the fatherless household receives special attention, particularly in the context of paternal responsibility and affection.Less
On February 20, 1615, the bailiff of suburban Gostenhof reported to the Nuremberg city council that he had taken into custody three young girls “left sitting” by their father, soldier Christof “Stoffel” Baur of Nördlingen. This chapter explores the background of Stoffel and other absent fathers, looking at the frequency of their comings and goings, the reasons behind their departures, and the impact their decisions had on the wives and children they left behind. It describes the necessities of everyday life for such households, how these heads of households attempted to meet those necessities, and what happened when they failed. Most important, the relative roles of informal child circulation and of governmental intervention in sustaining the fatherless household receives special attention, particularly in the context of paternal responsibility and affection.
