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Evil Children in the Popular Imagination

Evil Children in the Popular Imagination

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781137603210
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
DEWEY: 305.23
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 213
Weight: 424g
Height: 219mm
Width: 157mm
Spine width: 21mm