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.

Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Cross, Gary S.
Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Schlagworte:
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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Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung: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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Beschreibung:1 online resource (259 p.) : ill.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199868254 (ebook) :

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