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The cute and the cool [electronic resource] : wondrous innocence and modern American children's culture / Gary Cross.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004Description: 1 online resource (259 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780199868254 (ebook) :.Subject(s): 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)Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780195156669DDC classification: 305.231 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online 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.| Item type | Current library | Copy number | Status | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Description based on print version record.