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Grotesque Progeny : The Commodification of Dangerous and Endangered Children.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heimermann, Mark.
- Series:
- Cultures of childhood
- Cultures of Childhood
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children in literature.
- Grotesque in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.).
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2024.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- 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
- About the Author
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Heimermann, Mark Grotesque Progeny
- ISBN:
- 9781496853592
- 1496853598
- 9781496853615
- 149685361X
- Publisher Number:
- 40032628979
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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