Evil children in the popular imagination / Karen J. Renner.

• Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Monstrous births -- 3. Gifted children -- 4. Ghost child -- 5. Possessed children -- 6. Ferals -- 7. Changelings -- Selected primary sources -- Works cited -- Index.

• 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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Populärkultur  (sao)

Barn i filmen  (sao)

Barn i litteraturen  (sao)

Ondska i litteraturen  (sao)

Ondska i konsten  (sao)

Children in popular culture.  (LCSH)

Evil in motion pictures.  (LCSH)

Children in motion pictures.  (LCSH)

Evil in literature.  (LCSH)

Children in literature.  (LCSH)

Good and evil  -- In popular culture. (LCSH)

Evil in literature  (LCSH)

Children in motion pictures  (LCSH)

Children in literature  (LCSH)

Popular culture  (LCSH)

Good and evil in art  (LCSH)

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