Evil Children in the Popular Imagination

Renner, Karen J.

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.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2016-12-15

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137603210

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-59963-6

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 213