Perhaps because of the wisdom received from our Romantic forbears about the purity of the child, depictions of children as monsters have held a tremendous fascination for film audiences for decades. Numerous social factors have influenced the popularity and longevity of the monster-child trope but its appeal is also rooted in the dual concepts of the child-like (innocent, angelic) and the childish (selfish, mischievous). This collection of fresh essays discusses the representation of monstrous children in popular cinema since the 1950s, with a focus on the relationship between monstrosity and "childness, " a term whose implications the contributors explore.
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 288 ● ISBN 9781476619866 ● 编辑 Bohlmann Markus P.J. Bohlmann & Moreland Sean Moreland ● 出版者 McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers ● 发布时间 2015 ● 下载 3 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 5898824 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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