Contributions by Rebecca A. Brown, Justine Gieni, Holly Harper,
Emily L. Hiltz, A. Robin Hoffman, Kirsten Kowalewski, Peter C.
Kunze, Jorie Lagerwey, Nick Levey, Jessica R. McCort, and Janani
Subramanian Dark novels, shows, and films targeted toward children
and young adults are proliferating wildly. It is even more crucial
now to understand the methods by which such texts have
traditionally operated and how those methods have been challenged,
abandoned, and appropriated. Reading in the Dark fills a gap in
criticism devoted to children's popular culture by concentrating on
horror, an often-neglected genre. These scholars explore the
intersection between horror, popular culture, and children's
cultural productions, including picture books, fairy tales, young
adult literature, television, and monster movies. Reading in the
Dark looks at horror texts for children with deserved respect,
weighing the multitude of benefits they can provide for young
readers and viewers. Refusing to write off the horror genre as
campy, trite, or deforming, these essays instead recognize many of
the texts and films categorized as "scary" as among those most
widely consumed by children and young adults. In addition, scholars
consider how adult horror has been domesticated by children's
literature and culture, with authors and screenwriters turning that
which was once horrifying into safe, funny, and delightful books
and films. Scholars likewise examine the impetus behind such
re-envisioning of the adult horror novel or film as something
appropriate for the young. The collection investigates both the
constructive and the troublesome aspects of scary books, movies,
and television shows targeted toward children and young adults. It
considers the complex mechanisms by which these texts communicate
overt messages and hidden agendas, and it treats as well the
readers' experiences of such mechanisms.
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