Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence by Gerard Jones

Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence

Gerard Jones

261 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction childrens sociology adventurous slow-paced
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Children choose their heroes more carefully than we think. From Pokemon to the rapper Eminem, pop-culture icons are not simply commercial pied pipers who practice mass hypnosis on our youth. Indeed, argues the author of this lively and persuasive ...

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