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)
Subject Categories
Languages and Literature