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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