Beschreibung:
The monstrous child is the allegorical queer child in various formations of horror cinema: the child with a secret, the child 'possessed' by Otherness, the changeling child, the terrible gang. This book explores the possibilities of 'not growing up' as a model for a queer praxis that confronts the notion of heternormative maturity.
Introduction1. Revolting Children: A Taxonomy of the Monstrous Child2. Malice in Wonderland: The Terrible Performativity of Childhood3. Demons are a Girl's Best Friend: Possession as Transgression4. Raising Hell: Abuse, Rejection, and the Unwanted Queer Child5. It Takes a Child to Raze a Village: Demonizing Youth Rebellion6. Afterthoughts: Fear of a Queer Playground