
Evil Children in the Popular Imagination
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.
- Forfatter
- Karen J. Renner
- Opplag
- 1st ed. 2016
- ISBN
- 9781137603210
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Vekt
- 446 gram
- Utgivelsesdato
- 15.12.2016
- Forlag
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Antall sider
- 213
