{"product_id":"killing-children-in-british-fiction-dominic-dean-9781438499567","title":"Killing Children in British Fiction: Thatcherism to Brexit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInvestigates how British fiction and film use dangerous and endangered children to explore conflicts over the future, from the Thatcher to Brexit eras.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCo-Winner for the 2025 Monograph Prize presented by the British Association of Contemporary Literary Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book stems from a simple yet disturbing observation: contemporary British fiction is full of children killing or being killed. Thoughtfully considering novels and films, alongside actual murder cases and moral panics, Dominic Dean develops this insight into a complex account of British cultural history, from the Thatcher to Brexit eras. \u003ci\u003eKilling Children in British Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the figure of the child provides means for negotiating, and hence for understanding, recent crises in Britain and their intersections with broader transnational conflicts. The book explores works from major British authors such as Kazuo Ishiguro, Ian McEwan, Doris Lessing, Sarah Waters, Alan Hollinghurst, and Peter Ackroyd; emerging writers such as David Szalay and Melissa Harrison; and filmmakers, including Stanley Kubrick, Nicholas Roeg, Robin Hardy, Derek Jarman, and Remi Weekes. Bridging and often challenging existing scholarship in childhood studies, literary studies, psychoanalysis, and critical and queer theory, Dean shows how the child, at once materially present and representative of an insecure future, can provoke relentless fantasies, fears, and, most troublingly, acts of real violence by adults.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dominic Dean\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438499566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438499567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Dominic Dean","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458272964863,"sku":"9781438499567","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b8035665-28fd-4b8b-bb31-85a71d74b6c7.jpg?v=1777403408","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/killing-children-in-british-fiction-dominic-dean-9781438499567","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}