Gary Cross

The Cute and the Cool
Gary Cross · 2004
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The cute child - spunky, yet dependent, naughty but nice - is largely a 20th-century invention. In this book, Gary Cross examines how that look emerged in American popular culture and how the cute turned into the cool, seemingly its opposite, in stories and games.
Book details
- Year
- 2004
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN
- 9780195156669
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