Monstrous Children and Childish Monsters

Essays on Cinema's Holy Terrors

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Film, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: ISBN: 9781476619866
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: March 6, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781476619866
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: March 6, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

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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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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