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.

Table of Contents

Introduction (Christopher E. Bell)

Representations of Journalism in the Potterverse (Gabriela Gruszynski Sanseverino and Ana Gruszynski)

Supplement or Supplant? How Fan Editors Contribute to Fictional Universes (Brian P. Bernard and Kimberly D. Martinez)

Harry Potter and the Development of Narrative and Media Literacies (Alison Halsall)

Harry Potter and the Transmediality of Artistic Expression (Caitlin Boyle)

Harry Potter Fandom and Narratives of Inequality in the United States Presidential Election of 2016 (Sergey Medvedev and Elena Pronkina)

The Magic of Translation: An Analysis of the Brazilian Portuguese Version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Bárbara Cardoso de Souza)

Transmediated Weasleys: A Tale of Two Ginnys (Christopher E. Bell and Celina Smith)

Performing Memories Through Fandom Talk: What a Focus

Group Interview Reveals About Growing Up with Harry Potter

(Bronwyn E. Beatty)

Magical and Mundane Narrative Devices (Jørgen Riber Christensen and Thessa Jensen)

The Magic of Harry Potter for Children in Care (Sarah Jayne Mokrzycki)

House-Elves in Harlem: Stereotyping the Other in Fantastic

Beasts and Where to Find Them (Kris Swank)

Harry Potter, the Boy with Many Faces: The Illustrated Harry Potter Books in Transmedia Motion (Sarah Mygind)

About the Contributors

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