03119nam 22006255 450 991015483240332120200629212659.01-137-59963-410.1057/978-1-137-59963-6(CKB)3710000000972175(DE-He213)978-1-137-59963-6(MiAaPQ)EBC4770705(EXLCZ)99371000000097217520161215d2016 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEvil Children in the Popular Imagination /by Karen J. Renner1st ed. 2016.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2016.1 online resource (VII, 213 p.) 1-137-60321-6 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Monstrous Births -- 2. Gifted Children -- 3. Child Ghosts -- 4. Possessed Children -- 5. Ferals -- 6. Changelings -- Primary Sources -- Works Cited -- Index.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 different explanation for the problem of the “evil” child and adapts to changing historical circumstances and ideologies.Youth—Social life and customsChildhoodAdolescenceFilm genresCommunicationComparative literatureYouth Culturehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/411140Childhood, Adolescence and Societyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22090Genrehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/413110Media and Communicationhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/412010Comparative Literaturehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/811000Youth—Social life and customs.Childhood.Adolescence.Film genres.Communication.Comparative literature.Youth Culture.Childhood, Adolescence and Society.Genre.Media and Communication.Comparative Literature.306.083Renner Karen Jauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1060534BOOK9910154832403321Evil Children in the Popular Imagination2514076UNINA