{"product_id":"9781785275203","title":"The Cultural Construction of Monstrous Children","description":"Author: Simon Bacon\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781785275203\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Anthem Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Sep 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 252 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cultural Construction of Monstrous Children\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e raises important questions at the heart of society and culture, and through an interdisciplinary, trans-cultural analysis presents important findings on socio-cultural representations and embodiments of the child and childhood.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the start of the 21st, new anxieties constellate around the child and childhood, while older concerns have re-emerged, mutated, and grown stronger. But as historical analysis shows, they have been ever-present concerns. This innovative and interdisciplinary collection of essays considers examples of monstrous children since the 16th century to the present, spanning real-life and popular culture, to exhibit the manifestation of the Western cultural anxiety around the problematic, anomalous child as naughty, dangerous, or just plain evil. The book takes an inter- and multidisciplinary approach, drawing upon fields as diverse as sociology, psychology, film, and literature, to study the role of the child and childhood within contemporary Western culture and to see the historic ways in which each discipline intersects and influences the other.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47924888797342,"sku":"ING-9781785275203","price":124.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781785275203.jpg?v=1782954980","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781785275203","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}