{"product_id":"children-beware-9781476671338","title":"Children Beware","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   How does a culture respond when the limits of childhood become uncertain? The emergence of pre-adolescence in the 1980s, which is signified by the new PG-13 rating for film, disrupted the established boundaries between childhood and adulthood. The concept of pre-adolescence affected not only America''s pillar ideals of family and childhood innocence but also the very foundation of the horror genre''s identity, its association with maturity and exclusivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Cultural disputes over the limits of childhood and horror were explicitly articulated in the children''s horror trend (1980-1997), a cluster of child-oriented horror titles in film and other media, which included \u003ci\u003eGremlins, The Gate\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGoosebumps\u003c\/i\u003e series, and others. As the first serious analysis of the children''s horror trend, with a focus on the significance of ratings, this book provides a complete chart of its development while presenting it as a document of American culture''s adaptation to pre-adol\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040428523863,"sku":"9781476671338","price":39.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476671338.jpg?v=1750946720","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/children-beware-9781476671338","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}