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UNINA9910154832403321 |
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Autore |
Renner Karen J |
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Titolo |
Evil Children in the Popular Imagination / / by Karen J. Renner |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2016.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (VII, 213 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Youth - Social life and customs |
Sociology |
Social groups |
Film genres |
Communication |
Comparative literature |
Youth Culture |
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging |
Genre Studies |
Media and Communication |
Comparative Literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Monstrous Births -- 2. Gifted Children -- 3. Child Ghosts -- 4. Possessed Children -- 5. Ferals -- 6. Changelings -- Primary Sources -- Works Cited -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Focusing on narratives with supernatural components, Karen J. Renner argues that the recent proliferation of stories about evil children demonstrates not a declining faith in the innocence of childhood but a desire to preserve its purity. From novels to music videos, photography to video games, the evil child haunts a range of texts and comes in a variety of forms, including changelings, ferals, and monstrous newborns. In this book, Renner illustrates how each subtype offers a |
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