Grotesque Progeny: The Commodification of Dangerous and Endangered Children
Author:   Mark Heimermann
Publisher:   University Press of Mississippi
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9781496853561


Pages:   277
Publication Date:   31 January 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Mark Heimermann
Publisher:   University Press of Mississippi
Imprint:   University Press of Mississippi
ISBN:  

9781496853561


ISBN 10:   1496853563
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   31 January 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction: Childhood, Commodification, and the Grotesque Chapter 1. Innocent and Grotesque: The Child in Sweet Tooth and The Girl with All the Gifts Chapter 2. ""I’m Not an Animal"": Grotesque Description and Chaotic Children in The Power and The Flame Alphabet Chapter 3. ""We Are Masterpieces"": Child Labor in ""Reeling for the Empire"" and Geek Love Chapter 4. Monstrous Soldiers: The Grotesque and Postmodernism in Elephantmen and The Beef Chapter 5. Never Let Them Go: The Government and Children in One of Us and Never Let Me Go Coda: What Next? Notes Works Cited Index

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Grotesque Progeny makes a compellingly argued and valuable contribution to the study of how childhood and children are, often exploitatively, represented in popular narratives aimed largely at adults.--Sean Moreland, coeditor of Monstrous Children and Childish Monsters: Essays on Cinema's Holy Terrors


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Mark Heimermann is assistant professor of English at Lakeland University. He coedited the anthology Picturing Childhood: Youth in Transnational Comics, which was nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work. His research interests include childhood studies, comics studies, and contemporary literature.

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