ISBN:
0195156668
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (259 p)
,
ill
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Cute and the Cool : Wondrous Innocence and Modern American Children's Culture
DDC:
305.231
Keywords:
Innocence (Psychology)
;
Children Caricatures and cartoons
;
Toys Social aspects
;
Parenting History
;
Children History
;
Children in popular culture
Abstract:
The cute child -- spunky, yet dependent, naughty but nice -- is largely a 20th-century invention. In this book, Gary Cross examines how that look emerged in American popular culture and how the cute turned into the cool, seemingly its opposite, in stories and games
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Chapter 1 The Irony of Innocence; Chapter 2 The Two Faces of Innocence; Chapter 3 The Cute Kid: Images of a Wondrous Childhood; Chapter 4 Holidays and New Rituals of Innocence; Chapter 5 Gremlin Child: How the Cute Became the Cool; Chapter 6 Setting the Boundaries of Innocence; Chapter 7 Rethinking Innocence; Notes; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-243) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195156669.001.0001
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