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Perhaps because of the wisdom received from our Romantic forbears about the purity of the child, depictions of children as monsters have held a tremendous fascination for film audiences for decades. Numerous social factors have influenced the...
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Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen, Bibliothek Nürtingen
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Perhaps because of the wisdom received from our Romantic forbears about the purity of the child, depictions of children as monsters have held a tremendous fascination for film audiences for decades. Numerous social factors have influenced the popularity and longevity of the monster-child trope but its appeal is also rooted in the dual concepts of the child-like (innocent, angelic) and the childish (selfish, mischievous). This collection of fresh essays discusses the representation of monstrous children in popular cinema since the 1950s, with a focus on the relationship between monstrosity and
Introduction: holy terrors and other musings on "monstrous"-childness / Markus P.J. Bohlmann and Sean Moreland -- Look who's stalking. Monstrous newborns and the mothers who love them: critiques of intensive mothering in twenty-first-century horror films / Karen J. Renner -- "She needs more": the villainization of infertile women in horror films / Brooke W. Edge -- When procreation becomes perversion: zombie babies / Kristine Larsen -- Frankenstein's kindergarten. "My hideous cinematic progeny": Rosemary's baby, Eraserhead and Frankenstein / Sarah Leventer -- "Doesn't everyone want their parents dead?" monstrous children in the films of Ridley Scott / Colin Yeo -- Of radioactive sprites and diminutive tyrants: Hammer's monstrous children / Rebecca A. Brown -- The adoption papers (adaptations). What about Grendel's son? shades of monstrosity in Beowulf and Grendel / Danny Gorny -- Bringing out Henry James's little monsters: two film approaches to The turn of the screw / Fredrik Tydal -- The monstrous child: replacement and repetition in The shining / Dustin Freeley -- Troubled teens and in-betweens. Demon drugs or demon children: take your pick / Sharon Packer -- Disability and slasher cinema's unsung "children" / John Edgar Browning -- Monstrous mammies in Lee Daniels' Precious / Debbie Olson -- Violent nymphs: vampire and vigilante children in contemporary cinema / Lisa Cunningham -- Peek-a-boo: future monstrosities and beyond. "Insects trapped in amber": the mutant child seer in contemporary Spanish horror film / Jessica Balanzategui -- Hanna: the child as monster who is supposed to believe / Tamas Nagypal. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Acknowledgments; Foreword Steven Bruhm; Foreword: Sweet Demons-And Us (James R. Kincaid); Introduction: Holy Terrors and Other Musings on Monstrous-Childness (Markus P.J. Bohlmann and Sean Moreland); Part I. Look Who's Stalking; Monstrous Newborns and the Mothers Who Love Them: Critiques of Intensive Mothering in Twenty-First-Century Horror Films (Karen J. Renner); "She needs more": The Villainization of Infertile Women in Horror Films (Brooke W. Edge); When Procreation Becomes Perversion: Zombie Babies (Kristine Larsen); Part II. Frankenstein's Kindergarten
"My hideous cinematic progeny": Rosemary's Baby, Eraserhead and Frankenstein (Sarah Leventer)"Doesn't everyone want their parents dead?" Monstrous Children in the Films of Ridley Scott (Colin Yeo); Of Radioactive Sprites and Diminutive Tyrants: Hammer's Monstrous Children (Rebecca A. Brown); Part III. The Adoption Papers (Adaptations); What About Grendel's Son? Shades of Monstrosity in Beowulf and Grendel (Danny Gorny); Bringing Out Henry James's Little Monsters: Two Film Approaches to The Turn of the Screw (Fredrik Tydal)
The Monstrous Child: Replacement and Repetition in The Shining (Dustin Freeley)Part IV. Troubled Teens and In-Betweens; Demon Drugs or Demon Children: Take Your Pick (Sharon Packer); Disability and Slasher Cinema's Unsung "Children" (John Edgar Browning); Monstrous Mammies in Lee Daniels's Precious (Debbie Olson); Violent Nymphs: Vampire and Vigilante Children in Contemporary Cinema (Lisa Cunningham); Part V. Peek-a-boo: Future Monstrosities and Beyond; "Insects trapped in amber": The Mutant Child Seer in Contemporary Spanish Horror Film (Jessica Balanzategui)
Hanna: The Child as Monster Who Is Supposed to Believe (Tamas Nagypal)Afterword: Monstrously Yours? (Kathryn Bond Stockton); Afterword (Harry M. Benshoff); About the Contributors; Index
