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transgressing the boundaries of childhood in the United States
Uses a range of subjects and disciplines, including queer theory, popular culture, childhood studies, and comics studies to chart the relationship between monstrosity and child/adolescent bodies and identities. Connects monsters and their consumption to changing reflection, interpretation and shaping of the social discourses of identity within US children's culture.
Enfreakment in 1950s horror comics and teen horrorpics -- Images of racial anxiety in 1960s and 1970s picture books -- Middle-class innocence, monstrous material culture, and the moral panics of the 1980s -- Monstrous families from 1990s series fiction to the Post-Twilight era -- Conclusion: How to make a monster (story).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-168) and index.