Grotesque Progeny Thomas Das and mass media

and mass media

and research-based ways to teach young children about scientific concepts

the 1920s golf star who inspired F

Readers will find themselves beckoned to barns

• Psychostimulants

Grotesque Progeny Thomas Das and mass mediaIn contemporary Western society, childhood appears more protected than ever to the casual onlooker. Yet, we are increasingly fascinated by narratives in which children are depicted as unsettling beings, both dangerous and endangered, sometimes chaotic or even evil. In Grotesque Progeny: The Commodification of Dangerous and Endangered Children, author Mark Heimermann argues that these representations reflect cultural anxiety regarding a shifting