| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 354 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: fostering insight through multiple critical perspectives / Elizabeth E. Heilman -- I. Perspectives on identity and morality. 1. Controversial content: Is Harry Potter harmful to children? / Deborah J. Taub and Heather L. Servaty-Seib -- 2. Harry Potter and Christian theology / Peter Ciaccio -- 3. Harry Potter's world as a morality tale of technology and media / Nicholas Sheltrown -- 4. Is desire beneficial or harmful in the Harry Potter series? -- Taija Piippo -- 5. The great Snape debate / Peter Appelbaum -- II. Critical and sociological perspectives. 6. Schooling Harry Potter: teachers and learning, power and knowledge / Megan L. Birch -- 7. Comedy, quest, and community: home and family in Harry Potter / John Kornfeld and Laurie Prothro -- 8. From sexist to (sort-of) feminist: representations of gender in the Harry Potter series / Elizabeth E. Heilman and Trevor Donaldson -- 9. Monsters, creatures, and pets at Hogwarts: Animal stewardship in the world of Harry Potter / Peter Dendle -- 10. Harry Potter, the war against evil, and the melodramatization of public culture / Marc Bousquet -- III. Literacy elements and interpretations. 11. Playing the genre game: generic fusions of the Harry Potter series / Anne Hiebert Alton -- 12. Harry Potter and the secrets of children's literature / Maria Nikolajeva -- 13. Harry Potter and the horrors of the Oresteia / Alice Mills -- 14. Philosopher's Stone to resurrection stone: narrative transformations and intersecting cultures across the Harry Potter series / Kate Behr -- IV. Cultural studies and media perspectives. 15. Lost in translation?: Harry Potter, from page to screen / Philip Nel -- 16. The migration of media: Harry Potter in print and pixels / Anna Gunder -- 17. Writing Harry's world: children co-authoring Hogwarts / Ernest L. Bond and Nancy L. Michelson -- 18. Pottermania: good, clean fun or cultural hegemony? / Tammy Turner-Vorbeck |
| Summary |
Offers an analyses of the "Potter" books as phenomenon, bringing together scholars from various disciplines to examine the impact of the series. This work features essays that explore on what it has meant for a generation of children to grow up with Harry Potter |
| Analysis |
Multi-User: limited to 5 simultaneous users |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Rowling, J. K. -- Criticism and interpretation
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Rowling, J. K. -- Characters -- Harry Potter
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Potter, Harry (Fictitious character)
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Rowling -- J. K. -- Criticism and interpretation. blmlsh |
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Rowling -- J. K. -- Characters -- Harry Potter. blmlsh |
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Rowling, J. K. fast |
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Potter, Harry (Fictitious character) fast |
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Rowling, J. K., 1965- -- analys och tolkning. sao |
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Rowling, J. K., 1965- -- litterära gestalter. sao |
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Rowling, J. K., 1965- -- litterära gestalter -- Potter, Harry (fiktiv gestalt) sao |
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Children -- Books and reading -- English-speaking countries
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Children's stories, English -- History and criticism
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Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism
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Wizards in literature.
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Magic in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Children -- Books and reading
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Children's stories, English
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Fantasy fiction, English
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Magic in literature
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Wizards in literature
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Litterära gestalter -- barn- och ungdomslitteratur.
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Engelsk fantastisk litteratur -- historia.
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Magi i litteraturen.
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Litterära gestalter -- Harry Potter.
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English-speaking countries
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Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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dissertations.
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Heilman, Elizabeth E., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780203892817 |
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020389281X |
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9781281707147 |
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1281707147 |
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