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The Revolting Child in Horror Cinema The Revolting Child in Horror Cinema Youth Rebellion and Queer Spectatorship By Andrew Scahill the revolting child in horror cinema Copyright © Andrew Scahill, 2015. All rights reserved. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St.Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-57792-7 ISBN 978-1-137-48132-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137481320 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Scahill, Andrew, 1977– The revolting child in horror cinema : youth rebellion and queer spectatorship / by Andrew Scahill. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography. 1. Horror films—History and criticism. 2. Children in motion pictures. I. Title. PN1995.9.H6S25 2015 791.43'6164—dc23 2015013957 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Scribe Inc. First edition: October 2015 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To my mother, Kathy, and my many surrogate academic parents: Heather Love, Kathryn Bond Stockton, Mary Celeste Kearney, Harry Benshoff, and Janet Staiger Contents List of Tables ix Introduction 1 1 Revolting Children: A Taxonomy of Child Monstrosity 13 2 Malice in Wonderland: The Terrible Performativity of Childhood 31 3 Demons Are a Girl’s Best Friend: Possession as Transgression 57 4 Raising Hell: Abuse, Rejection, and the Unwanted Queer Child 79 5 It Takes a Child to Raze a Village: Demonizing Youth Rebellion 113 6 Afterthoughts: Fear of a Queer Playground 143 Notes 149 Film Appendix 165 Works Cited 179 Index 189 Tables Table 1.1 A Taxonomy of Child Monstrosity 15 Table 4.1 A Typology of the Changeling Child 85
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