The cute and the cool : wondrous innocence and modern American children's culture

The cute and the cool : wondrous innocence and modern American children's culture / Gary Cross.

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cross, Gary S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Children > United States > History.
Children in popular culture.
Toys > Social aspects > United States.
Parenting > United States > History.
Children > United States > Caricatures and cartoons.
Innocence (Psychology)
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Child Development.
Children
Parenting
Children in popular culture
Toys > Social aspects
United States
Electronic books.
Caricatures and cartoons
History
Cartoons (Humor)
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (259 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-243) and index.
ISBN:9780195348132
0195348133
1280502541
9781280502545
019518548X
9780195185485
1602568766
9781602568761
9780199868254
0199868255
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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