Gary Cross
author
Gary Cross is the author of The Cute and the Cool, a study of how and why adults project cuteness onto their children -- and how our children are constantly rebelling against it. His other books include Kids' Stuff: Toys and the Changing World of American Childhood.He is a Distinguished Professor of Modern History at Pennsylvania State University.
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Gary Cross
Friday, March 14, 2008
Gary Cross is the author of The Cute and the Cool, a study of how and why adults project cuteness onto their children -- and how our children are constantly rebelling against it. His other books include Kids' Stuff: Toys and the Changing ...
Murakami, Big Eyes, Mosley
Friday, April 21, 2006
Kurt Andersen and his guest, historian Gary Cross, examine our attraction, and occasional aversion to things that are cute. We’ll explore whether cuteness in Japanese art may be masking anxieties about the bomb. Plus: Kurt talks with novelist Walter Mosley about his new novel Fortunate Son.
Puppy, Murakami, Big Eyes
Saturday, June 04, 2005
This week in Studio 360, Kurt Andersen and his guest, historian Gary Cross, discuss our love-hate relationship with cuteness, and how biology and culture conspire to make us say "awwww..."
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