Evil Children in the Popular Imagination [[electronic resource] /] / by Karen J. Renner

• Autore: Renner Karen J
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2016.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (VII, 213 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.083
• Soggetto topico: Youth—Social life and customs; Childhood; Adolescence; Film genres; Communication; Comparative literature; Youth Culture; Childhood, Adolescence and Society; Genre; Media and Communication; Comparative Literature
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Monstrous Births -- 2. Gifted Children -- 3. Child Ghosts -- 4. Possessed Children -- 5. Ferals -- 6. Changelings -- Primary Sources -- Works Cited -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Evil Children in the Popular Imagination
• ISBN: 1-137-59963-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154832403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II