elizabetherwin's review against another edition
4.0
Tracking depictions of monstrous children in film since the 1950s, this collection is especially interesting for the essays grappling with how childlessness has been culturally coded with a specific brand of monstrosity. This is then compared against ‘the overbearing mother’ archetype and I found a lot of use in how the essays build off of one another. This collection does contain a lot of academic jargon but the application of the ideas to popular movies helps to clarify the arguments being made. Overall, a strong collection worth a look.
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