| Description |
xxv, 217 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Contributions to the study of popular culture, 0198-9871 ; no. 78
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Giselle Liza Anatol -- [pt.] 1. Reading Harry Potter through theories of child development -- 1. Archetypes and the unconscious in Harry Potter and Diana Wynne Jones's Fire and Hemlock and Dogsbody / Alice Mills -- 2. Harry Potter and the magical looking glass : reading the secret life of the preadolescent / Lisa Damour -- 3. Harry Potter and the acquisition of knowledge / Lisa Hopkins -- 4. Safe as houses : sorting and school houses at Hogwarts / Chantel Lavoie -- 5. Harry and hierarchy : book banning as a reaction to the subversion of authority / Rebecca Stephens. |
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[pt.] 2. Literary influences and historical contexts -- 6. Harry Potter's schooldays : J.K. Rowling and the British boarding school novel / Karen Manners Smith -- 7. Accepting mudbloods : the ambivalent social vision of J.K. Rowling's fairy tales / Elaine Ostry -- 8. Hermione and the house-elves : the literary and historical contexts of J.K. Rowling's antislavery campaign / Brycchan Carey -- 9. Flying cars, floo powder, and flaming torches : the hi-tech, low-tech world of wizardry / Margaret J. Oakes -- [pt.] 3. Morality and social values : issues of power -- 10. Cruel heroes and treacherous texts : educating the reader in moral complexity and critical reading in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books / Veronica L. Schanoes -- 11. Harry Potter and the rule of law : the central weakness of legal concepts in the wizard world / Susan Hall -- 12. The fallen empire : exploring ethnic otherness in the world of Harry Potter / Giselle Liza Anatol -- 13. Class and socioeconomic identity in Harry Potter's England / Julia Park -- 14. Cinderfella : J.K. Rowling's wily web of gender / Ximena Gallardo-C. and C. Jason Smith -- Selected bibliography -- Index -- About the contributors. |
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Rowling, J. K. -- Criticism and interpretation.
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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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Rowling, J. K. -- Characters -- Harry Potter.
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Potter, Harry (Fictitious character)
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Wizards in literature.
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Magic in literature.
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| Added Author |
Anatol, Giselle Liza, 1970-
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| ISBN |
0313320675 (alk. paper) |
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9780313320675 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 247576964 |
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