The cute and the cool wondrous innocence and modern American children's culture
The cute child - spunky, yet dependent, naughty but nice - is largely a 20th-century invention. In this book, Gary Cross examines how that look emerged in American popular culture and how the cute turned into the cool, seemingly its opposite, in stories and games
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2004, 2004
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The cute child - spunky, yet dependent, naughty but nice - is largely a 20th-century invention. In this book, Gary Cross examines how that look emerged in American popular culture and how the cute turned into the cool, seemingly its opposite, in stories and games |
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| Physical Description: | 259 p. ill |
| ISBN: | 9780199868254 |