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Beschreibung
Many scholars recognize the importance of Harry Potter as a vehicle for discussions about society--from race relations and gender studies to economic, political, religious and educational applications of the texts.
This interdisciplinary collection of new essays brings to the forefront a critique of modern Western society, using Harry's world as a mirror to our own. Covering issues surrounding parenting and family relations, social class, life and death, the link between identity and morality and even the risks of time travel, this collection provides many jumping-off points for scholars and nonscholars alike to spark discussions about both Harry's world and our own.
Many scholars recognize the importance of Harry Potter as a vehicle for discussions about society--from race relations and gender studies to economic, political, religious and educational applications of the texts.
This interdisciplinary collection of new essays brings to the forefront a critique of modern Western society, using Harry's world as a mirror to our own. Covering issues surrounding parenting and family relations, social class, life and death, the link between identity and morality and even the risks of time travel, this collection provides many jumping-off points for scholars and nonscholars alike to spark discussions about both Harry's world and our own.
Über den Autor
Christopher E. Bell is an associate professor of media studies in the department of communication at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, specializing in the study of the ways in which race, class and gender intersect in different forms of children's media. He is a TED speaker, a diversity and inclusiveness consultant for Pixar Animation Studios, a 2017 David Letterman Award winning media scholar and the 2017 Denver Comic Con Popular Culture Educator of the Year.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction (Christopher E. Bell)

Gone but Not Forgotten: The Missing Mothers of the Wizarding World

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"Beyond the veil": The Narrative Functions of Death (Samantha J. Vertosick)

"I don't think you're a waste of space": Activity, Redemption and the Social Construction of Fatness (Tolonda Henderson)

Of the Patil Twins (Soma Das)

Time Travel and the Cursed Child (Elizabeth Morrow Clark)

Frisky, Risky Firewhisky: The Rhetorical Function of Alcohol (Lauren Camacci)

Pure-Bloods, ­Half-Bloods and Mudbloods (Camilla Schroeder)

"You have your mother's eyes": Inheritance and Social Class (Alison Baker)

The First Gift: Owls as Paragons of the ­Non-Human (Keri Stevenson)

Dangerous Depictions of Adoption in Rowling's Wizarding World Narratives (Tara Moore)

Harry Potter and the Paradoxes of Fidelity (Jelena Borojevi¿)

What Is a Hero?: An Analysis of Legacy Symbolism (Marley ­Stuever-Williford)

About the Contributors

Index
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Medienwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781476673554
ISBN-10: 1476673551
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Bell, Christopher E.
Hersteller: McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: Christopher E. Bell
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.10.2018
Gewicht: 0,287 kg
Artikel-ID: 121905757