Stunted Growth: Dwarfs and the Rejection of Sexuality in the Artemis Fowl Series
Book chapter, 2016

This essay demonstrates how a fairy-tale lineage influences the function of dwarfs in Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl series. Using the concept of abjection, this essay demonstrates how Colfer’s dwarfs move beyond merely being visually unappealing to encouraging the rejection of the very idea of the sexualized body.

children's literature

abjection

adolescence

dwarf

sexuality

Author

Kathryn Strong Hansen

Chalmers, Applied Information Technology (Chalmers), Language and Communication

Tracing the Footsteps of Dwarfs: Images, Concepts, and Representations in Popular Culture

107-120
382605928X (ISBN)

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Languages and Literature

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3/30/2022