THE SECRET LIFE OF OBJECTS - KAROLINA KOSTYRA

The book "The Secret Life of Objects" by Karolina Kostyra is a fascinating journey into the world of children's imagination and its reflection in the fantastic cinema of the 1980s. The author analyzes the space of the children's room, especially the bedrooms of minor characters in American horror, fantasy and science fiction films from the Reagan era. These intimate interiors become the stage for paranormal and wonderful manifestations, where children confront otherness, experience transgressions, dream nightmares and spin daydreams.

• Analysis of the child's perspective in popular cinema
• Topography of the children's room as a space for revealing paranormal phenomena
• Bedrooms of minor characters as spheres of confrontation with otherness
• Influence of the Reagan era on the representation of children's space in films
• Interiors as an example of using the strategy of the child's perspective
• Transgressions and nightmares as elements of the experiences of children on the screen
• Daydreams as an alternative reality in fantastic cinema

The author emphasizes that the interiors in which children on the screen experience extraordinary experiences are an example of using the strategy of the child's perspective in popular cinema. The book analyzes how popular cinema uses the child's perspective to tell stories about paranormal and wonderful phenomena that manifest themselves in the space of the children's room. In the Reagan era, the bedrooms of minor characters become the stage for confrontation with otherness, transgression and nightmares, as well as a place where children spin daydreams.

The University of Silesia Publishing House presents readers with a publication that will certainly interest lovers of fantastic cinema, as well as researchers of children's culture and literature. Karolina Kostyra's book is an insightful analysis of the space of the children's room in cinema, which allows us to understand how popular cinema uses the strategy of the child's perspective to tell stories about paranormal and wonderful phenomena.

The book has 452 pages, the format is 176x236 mm and has a paperback cover. It was published in 2025 by the University of Silesia Publishing House. It is a must-read for anyone interested in fantastic cinema and its impact on children's culture.