The cute and the cool wondrous innocence and modern American children's culture /

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.

Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Cross, Gary S.
Format: eBog
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Fag:
Children > United States > History.
Children in popular culture.
Toys > Social aspects > United States.
Parenting > United States > History.
Children > United States > Caricatures and cartoons.
Innocence (Psychology)
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Beskrivelse
Summary: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.
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Fysisk beskrivelse:1 online resource (259 p.) : ill.
Bibliografi:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199868254 (ebook) :

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