Foreword by Josephine May Preface by Jo Parnell Part 1: The Mothers-in-Law of the Future 1A Cultural Appraisal of the Significance of the Role of the Mother-in-Law Among the Yoruba People of Nigeria Cecilia Alero Titilayo Saibu 2Mother-in-Law Soap Opera: Redefining the Mother-in-Law, Redesigning the Kenyan Nation Wafula David Yenjela 3 Oppressor or Oppressed: The M(other) - in-Law in Nigerian Women's Literature Shalini Nadaswaran 4Stereotyped Representations of the Black Mother-In-Law in Reality Television Shows: A Critical Analysis Marquita Gammage Part II: Foundational Mothers-in-Law 5The Mother-in-Law in Latin Literature and Roman Society Jane Bellemore and Terry Ryan 6Exclusive Intimacies: Creating Mothers-in-Law in Japanese Literature and Film Miglena (Maggie) Ivanova 7Ogresses, Queens and Wicked Fairies: Fairy-tale Mothers-in-Law from Charles Perrault to Shrek and Once Upon a Time Lydia Brugue Botia and Auba Llompart Pons 8Cold Springs: Cinematic Portraits of Sara Roosevelt Andrew Howe Part III: Entertaining Mothers-in-Law 9The Evil Dame in British Horror Film: Domestic Nightmare and Change of Times of in Fanatic and Persecution Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, and Leonardo Acosta Lando and Diego Foronda 10"The Worst Person I Know": Representations of the Mother-in-Law in British Popular Entertainment Martina Lipton 11Dorothy Cannell's How to Murder your Mother-in-Law: Women, Sisterhood and Feminism Zoly Rakotoniera Afterword by Hugh Craig.