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Author |
: Gary S. Cross |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 268 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780195156669 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0195156668 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cute and the Cool by : Gary S. 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.
Author |
: Gary Cross |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 284 |
Release |
: 2004-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0195348133 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780195348132 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cute and the Cool by : Gary Cross
The twentieth century was, by any reckoning, the age of the child in America. Today, we pay homage at the altar of childhood, heaping endless goods on the young, reveling in memories of a more innocent time, and finding solace in the softly backlit memories of our earliest years. We are, the proclamation goes, just big kids at heart. And, accordingly, we delight in prolonging and inflating the childhood experiences of our offspring. In images of the naughty but nice Buster Brown and the coquettish but sweet Shirley Temple, Americans at mid-century offered up a fantastic world of treats, toys, and stories, creating a new image of the child as "cute." Holidays such as Christmas and Halloween became blockbuster affairs, vehicles to fuel the bedazzled and wondrous innocence of the adorable child. All this, Gary Cross illustrates, reflected the preoccupations of a more gentle and affluent culture, but it also served to liberate adults from their rational and often tedious worlds of work and responsibility. But trouble soon entered paradise. The "cute" turned into "cool" as children, following their parental example, embraced the gift of fantasy and unrestrained desire to rebel against the saccharine excesses of wondrous innocence in deliberate pursuit of the anti-cute. Movies, comic books, and video games beckoned to children with the allures of an often violent, sexualized, and increasingly harsh worldview. Unwitting and resistant accomplices to this commercial transformation of childhood, adults sought-over and over again, in repeated and predictable cycles-to rein in these threats in a largely futile jeremiad to preserve the old order. Thus, the cute child-deliberately manufactured and cultivated--has ironically fostered a profoundly troubled ambivalence toward youth and child rearing today. Expertly weaving his way through the cultural artifacts, commercial currents, and parenting anxieties of the previous century, Gary Cross offers a vibrant and entirely fresh portrait of the forces that have defined American childhood.
Author |
: Crispin Boyer |
Publisher |
: So Cool/So Cute |
Total Pages |
: 36 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781426333613 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1426333617 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis So Cool! Sharks by : Crispin Boyer
"Provides information about one of the world's top predators, including hunting habits, behaviors, and where they live."--
Author |
: Sianne Ngai |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0674046587 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780674046580 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Our Aesthetic Categories by : Sianne Ngai
The zany, the cute, and the interesting saturate postmodern culture, dominating the look of its art and commodities as well as our ways of speaking about the ambivalent feelings these objects often inspire. In this radiant study, Ngai offers an aesthetic theory for the hypercommodified, mass-mediated, performance-driven world of late capitalism.
Author |
: Crispin Boyer |
Publisher |
: So Cool/So Cute |
Total Pages |
: 36 |
Release |
: 2020 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781426337420 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1426337426 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis So Cute! Penguins by : Crispin Boyer
A beginning nonfiction introduction to penguins for kids.
Author |
: Crispin Boyer |
Publisher |
: So Cool/So Cute |
Total Pages |
: 36 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781426335273 |
ISBN-13 |
: 142633527X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis So Cute! Koalas by : Crispin Boyer
Its round, fuzzy body, its fluffy ears, those button eyes ... Let's face it: Koalas are SO CUTE. And so is this book! Get ready for some koala-ty time with this cute critter! But in case you're wondering if cuteness is all there is to koalas, think again! This little guy's got attitude! You'll flip over the adorable photos and be equally charmed by what this sassy little koala is thinking on every page. Introducing the brand-new series from National Geographic Kids that combines two wonderful things: supercute photos of all your favorite fluffy animals and silly text that will have the whole family laughing. Add to that some great nonfiction content that gets kids learning, and, what can we say? This series is just so cute and cool!
Author |
: Crispin Boyer |
Publisher |
: So Cool/So Cute |
Total Pages |
: 36 |
Release |
: 2020 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781426337406 |
ISBN-13 |
: 142633740X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis So Cool! Frogs by : Crispin Boyer
A beginning introduction to frogs for kids.
Author |
: Jane Nelsen |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 30 |
Release |
: 2013-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0983605262 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780983605263 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis Jared's Cool-Out Space by : Jane Nelsen
Author |
: Martin Jenkins |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 29 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0744528828 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780744528824 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis Chameleons are Cool by : Martin Jenkins
Describes different kinds of chameleons, examining their physical features, their behavior, and their ability to change color.
Author |
: Crispin Boyer |
Publisher |
: So Cool/So Cute |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2022 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1426339070 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781426339073 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis So Cute! Puppies by : Crispin Boyer
Provides information about puppies, including what they eat, their life stages, and common breeds.--