In:Growing Sideways in Twenty-first Century British Culture: Challenging boundaries between childhood and adulthood
Anne Malewski
[Children’s Literature, Culture, and Cognition 11] 2021
► pp. 227–229
Index
Published online: 1 December 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/clcc.11.index
https://doi.org/10.1075/clcc.11.index
A
- Abrams, Rebecca106, 110, 130, 132, 133, 137, 200
- adolescence11–13
- adulthood
- as being27, 93, 127, 163, 190
- emerging37–38
- death of11, 44
- infantilisation of2–3, 7–8, 93
- onstage and backstage versions of10–11, 92, 101, 114, 117, 167, 195
- adulting126–128, 131, 135, 146
- definition of126–127
- Adult Life Skills133–135, 146–147, 162
- adventure35, 71–72, 88–89, 97, 106, 114, 116, 118, 134, 162
- playground109, 167, 174
- aetonormativity12, 26–27, 40–41, 152–154
- age, definition of11–13
- age studies9, 66
- agency40, 72–73, 81, 91, 142, 170
- Ahmed, Sara182–184
- Alice in Wonderland books34–35, 71–72
- Althusser, Louis29, 30, 67
- Anti-Social Behaviour Orders10, 84, 143, 145, 155–156
- appearance
- definition of64–65
- in relation to age boundaries63–66
- in relation to power64, 70-71
- authority27, 40, 73, 75, 95, 137, 158, 187, 195
B
- Barthes, Roland83, 86, 122, 129, 170
- Beauvais, Clémentine12, 27, 34, 40–41, 58, 68, 150, 152
- Berry, Bonnie64–65, 70
- Black Dog74–75, 82–83, 93–94
- body-swapping and body-changing narratives63–64
- boundaries
- age boundaries11–13, 13–14, 61, 84–86, 105, 108–113, 152–157
- blurring in early twenty-first century Britain4, 9–10
- blurring previously5–9, 66
- blurring through technology10, 184–186
- bodily65–66, 68–83
- vestimentary65–66, 83–102
- behavioural105, 108–109, 118–120
- attitudinal105, 108–109
- spatial149–192
- Bulger, James154–155
- Bullough, Vern L. and Bonnie Bullough85, 92, 97
- Butler, Judith43, 66–67, 68–69, 102, 104, 139, 144
C
- Camp Wildfire113–121, 122, 124–126, 142, 167, 176, 177, 201
- Carroll, Jane Suzanne169, 174
- childhood
- as becoming27, 93, 163, 190
- erosion of1–2
- childness42, 57, 136
- children’s literature7, 12, 16, 27, 35, 42, 46, 50–51, 69, 71–72
- chrononormativity28–29, 46, 124, 158
- see also queer time
- chronotope150
- community
- child-adult play community140–145
- definition of139–140
- definition of139
- digital10
- imagined139
- in relation to passing80, 83
- in relation to playfulness139
- child-adult play community140–145
- containment
- definition of151
- captivity narratives157–166
- in relation to growth152–154
- Cosmic78–83, 127–128, 173, 198
- Covid-1995, 101, 197–198
- Crashing94–95
- cross-dressing67–102
- definition of85–86
D
- Darcy Burdock99–101, 194
- de Certeau, Michel151, 183
- de Saussure, Ferdinand65–66, 83
- disability28, 44–45
- discourses of adulthood and childhood intruding on each other1–3
- disorientation182–190
- definition of183
- docile body87, 160–161
- Doctor Who88–89
- dressing up97–102, 115–118, 122
F
- Fleabag31
- Flügel, J. C.64, 66, 86, 101
- Foucault, Michel87, 152, 160–161
- Freeman, Elizabeth28–29, 46
- Furedi, Frank3–4, 7, 66
G
- gender13–14, 27–28, 33–35, 43, 58–60, 194
- in relation to height75–76
- in relation to passing81–82
- in relation to play129–138
- in relation to wild(er)ness170–171, 174, 177, 179–181, 186–187
- see also performance
- Gereluk, Dianne83
- Griffiths, Jay34, 150, 170, 200
- growth
- alternative concepts32–49
- enrichment44–45, 99–101
- growing down33, 35–36, 194
- growing young41–42
- growth as a mindset37, 162–163, 190
- stasis6, 33–34, 36
- definition of3–4
- grand narrative of upwards growth4, 25–32
- sideways, as a phrase in queer theory47–48
- sideways, as a phrase in the This Is England cycle22–24, 91
- sideways, working definition of52–61
- upwards, as a phrase in the This Is England cycle23, 54–55, 91
- see also adulthood, childhood, identity categories, queer
- alternative concepts32–49
- Gubar, Marah40–41
H
- hailing30–31
- Halberstam, Jack (Judith)32, 46, 121, 168, 171, 183, 189
- Hall, Stuart14–15, 57–58
- height
- definition of70-71
- short73–76, 82–83
- tall76–83
- Hollindale, Peter38–39, 42, 136
- hoodies84, 92
- hooks, bell69, 129
- Hooper, Leanne178–179
- Huizinga, Johan111–112, 118, 139
I
- identity categories4, 13–14, 22, 41, 58–60, 64
- as uninhabitable43, 66, 103–104
- “under erasure”57–58
- ideology15, 29–30, 109–110
- see also hailing
- imaginary companion201
- imagination57, 127, 131–133, 140–141, 144
- collective imagination144–115, 150
- definition of139
J
- Jackdaw Summer174–178, 180–181, 187
- Jaques, Zoe164, 169–170
- Joosen, Vanessa9, 12, 65, 69, 103, 129, 198
K
- KidZania121–126, 142
L
- Langer, Ellen29, 37, 190
- language
- connotations of sideways49–52
- idiosyncratic terminology of sideways growth96, 100–101, 138
- imperative to grow up31–32
- see also vague concepts, height
- Lavery, Nick200
- Lea, Gaelynn44–45
- Lee, Nick27, 41, 42, 57, 79
- Lehtonen, Sanna46–47
- lifespan psychology36
- liminality11–12, 54–55, 195
- Lingel, Jessa69–70, 79, 80
M
- Mary Poppins oeuvre35, 70, 164
- Meyrowitz, Joshua6, 10–11, 66, 150, 154, 158
- might27, 40–41, 75
- Miranda76–77, 82–83, 94, 135–138, 194
- Montagu, Ashley41–42
- More Than This85, 184
- Moriarty, Sinéad181, 199
- motherhood34, 200
- My Dad’s A Birdman140–141
N
- natural literacy155, 186
- Nikolajeva, Maria12, 26–27, 33–34, 152
- Nodelman, Perry42, 115, 169
- nostalgia42, 114–115, 151
O
- onesie92–102
- Ostrich Boys178–181, 187
P
- parent-child inversion narrative127
- Paris Is Burning83, 101
- participatory events17
- passing67–83
- definition of69–70
- performance
- of age66–67, 79–80
- of gender66–67
- Peter Pan in Scarlet 8, 30, 99
- Peter Pan oeuvre6-7, 30, 33–35, 150
- Pippi Longstocking oeuvre138, 196
- play
- as capitalist training122, 124
- as “training for the unexpected”113, 183
- concepts of108–109, 111–112
- in relation to activism199–200
- in relation to gender129–131
- performative (role) play
- definition of112–113
- of adulthood121–126
- of childhood113–121
- playfulness112, 129–145
- playground129, 150, 153
- trends in early twenty-first century Britain109–110
- see also community, adventure
- Postman, Neil6-7, 66
- power
- dynamics of adult-child relationships12, 26–27, 39–41, 69, 84, 152–155
- child-adult binary in other power dynamics27–28
- pester power41
- see also aetonormativity, authority, might
- Pratt, Annis33, 35
- puer aeternus34
Q
- queer
- aging46–47
- children’s literature research46
- definition of45
- space183
- time46
- see also chronormativity
R
- race22, 28, 41, 176, 186
- release167–190
- definition of151
- resistance151–166
- definition of151
- Reynolds, Kimberley5-7, 144
- Rita200
- rites of passage29–30, 53–56
- Rose, Jacqueline7, 30
S
- Sal184–187
- school uniforms84, 86–88
- scouting114–121, 129–130
- sea, as the landscape of growing sideways38
- Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky45, 190, 195
- Segal, Lynne38, 89, 144
- Slow Loris164–166
- snailxi, 1, 20, 101, 134, 165, 202
- Some Girls198
- space
- in relation to time149–150
- spatial practices151, 183
- Stockton, Kathryn Bond47–48, 59, 129
- structures of feeling4, 14–16, 84–85, 109, 194
- definition of15–16
- surveillance123, 156–157, 158–160
- symbolic clothing83, 84, 115–118
T
- temporal otherness40
- temporal vertigo38, 89, 115
- Thatcherism21, 106–107, 143–145, 188
- The Bunker Diary157–160, 165–166
- The Child in Time105–107, 113, 120, 142
- The Dressing-Up Dad97–99
- The Go-Between149
- The Middle of Nowhere51, 173
- The Sparticle Mystery183–184
- The White Darkness173
- Thirteen157–158
- This Is England cycle21–25, 53–60, 89–91, 143–145, 150–151, 188–189
- Thunberg, Greta199–200
- time
- in relation to gender34
- queer46–47, 55, 121, 129, 138
- wild200
- Trites, Roberta Seelinger4, 11–12, 25–27, 44, 131, 149, 193
- Tuan, Yi-Fu154, 169–170
U
- Unbecoming161–163, 166
- Uncle95–97
V
- vague concepts42–43, 103–104
- van Gennep, Arnold29
- Vice Versâ: A Lesson to Fathers63
W
- Waller, Alison11–12, 33–34
- Where the Wild Things Are169
- White, Barbara33, 35
- wild
- as a concept in queer theory168
- wilderness169–190
- definition of169
- wildness169–190
- definition of169
- Wild170–173
- Wild Girl, Wild Boy: A Play180–181
- Williams, Raymond4, 14–15, 84–85, 107
Ö
- Österlund, Mia46–47, 70
