Description
| Product ID: | 9780814215166 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Monstrous Youth |
| Subtitle: | Transgressing the Boundaries of Childhood in the United States |
| Authors: | Author: Sara Austin |
| Page Count: | 194 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general, Horror and supernatural fiction, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Reference, guides and reviews, Popular culture, Children’s & teenage literature studies, Horror & ghost stories, Graphic novels: history & criticism, Popular culture |
| Description: | The monstrous has a long, complicated history within children''s popular media. In Monstrous Youth: Transgressing the Boundaries of Childhood in the United States, Sara Austin traces the evolution of monstrosity as it relates to youth culture from the 1950s to the present day to spotlight the symbiotic relationship between monstrosity and the bodies and identities of children and adolescents. Examining comics, films, picture books, novels, television, toys and other material culture-including Monsters, Inc. and works by Mercer Mayer, Maurice Sendak, R. L. Stine, and Stephanie Meyer-Austin tracks how the metaphor of monstrosity excludes, engulfs, and narrates difference within children''s culture. Analyzing how cultural shifts have drastically changed our perceptions of both what it means to be a monster and what it means to be a child, Austin charts how the portrayal and consumption of monsters corresponds to changes in identity categories such as race, sexuality, gender, disability, and class. In demonstrating how monstrosity is leveraged in service of political and cultural movements, such as integration, abstinence-only education, and queer rights, Austin offers insight into how monster texts continue to reflect, interpret, and shape the social discourses of identity within children''s culture. |
| Imprint Name: | Ohio State University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Ohio State University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-05-19 |
