“The key questions that inform this special issue build on those that informed the creation of this journal: What is girlhood studies? How do we do girlhood studies? What is the relationship between women’s studies and girlhood studies? What is the relationship between girlhood studies and boyhood and masculinity studies?”

“[T]his collection aims to interrogate the child’s role in contemporary films and television that wallow in the aftermath and widespread devastation of world-wide disaster: nuclear war, alien invasion, ecological collapse, biological catastrophe, technological or cyber disasters, or divine judgment.”

“an edited collection on cultural productions by children, theorizing children as creators and exploring children’s cultural production as a crucial, albeit often understudied, area of children’s literature, media, and cultural studies.”

“We invite interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary engagement with children’s rights and protection, and the ways in which they are linked to debates of intergenerational coexistence and futures, with an emphasis on decolonial and childist approaches.”