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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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