{"product_id":"monstrous-youth-sara-austin-9780814215166","title":"Monstrous Youth: Transgressing the Boundaries of Childhood in the United States","description":"The monstrous has a long, complicated history within children's popular media. In \u003ci\u003eMonstrous Youth: Transgressing the Boundaries of Childhood in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e, Sara Austin traces the evolution of monstrosity as it relates to youth culture from the 1950s to the present day to spotlight the symbiotic relationship between monstrosity and the bodies and identities of children and adolescents. Examining comics, films, picture books, novels, television, toys and other material culture--including \u003ci\u003eMonsters, Inc. \u003c\/i\u003eand works by Mercer Mayer, Maurice Sendak, R. L. Stine, and Stephanie Meyer--Austin tracks how the metaphor of monstrosity excludes, engulfs, and narrates difference within children's culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Analyzing how cultural shifts have drastically changed our perceptions of both what it means to be a monster and what it means to be a child, Austin charts how the portrayal and consumption of monsters corresponds to changes in identity categories such as race, sexuality, gender, disability, and class. In demonstrating how monstrosity is leveraged in service of political and cultural movements, such as integration, abstinence-only education, and queer rights, Austin offers insight into how monster texts continue to reflect, interpret, and shape the social discourses of identity within children's culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sara Austin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814215165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814215166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Sara Austin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054266085631,"sku":"9780814215166","price":134.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_537b7914-3294-4e21-923c-658d0a01eb64.jpg?v=1685028962","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/monstrous-youth-sara-austin-9780814215166","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}