Wizards vs. Muggles : essays on identity and the Harry Potter universe / edited by Christopher E. Bell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bell, Christopher E., 1974- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rowling, J. K--Criticism and interpretation.

Rowling, J. K.

Rowling, J. K--Characters.

Children's stories, English--History and criticism.

Children's stories, English.

Identity (Psychology) in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

viii, 236 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Wizards versus Muggles

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]

Summary:

"This collection of new essays examines issues surrounding race, class, gender, sexual orientation and personal virtue, both in the wizarding world and in our own. The contributors discuss an array of meanings and contexts in the Harry Potter universe relating to identity issues, and the ways in which these manifest in fandom cultures, real-world schools and businesses"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Christopher E. Bell

Transfiguration: wizard identity. "The "anti-racist-white-hero premise": whiteness and the Harry Potter series / Raymond I. Schuck

The prisoner of gender: masculinity in the Potter books / Lauren R. Camacci

The HIV metaphor: J.K. Rowling's werewolf and its transformative potential / Brendan G.A. Hughes

Heroes and horcruxes: Dumbledore's army as metonym / Christopher E. Bell

"I'm a wizard too!" identification and habitus / Hillary A. Jones

Gendered heroism: family romance and transformations of the hero-type / Shira Wolosky

Muggle studies: Muggle identity. Quenching the quill: how fan art builds meaning, creates bonds and triggers imagination / Jelena Borojevi

Transcending hogwarts: pedagogical practices engendering discourses of aggression and bullying / Kristen L. Cole

Culpability for curses in Jewish law and mystical lore / Levi Cooper

Building Harry Potter's identity in transmedia contexts / Pilar Lacasa, Sara Cortos and Rut Martinez-Borda

Creating equality through Quidditch: a rhetorical analysis of Quidditch blogs / Ryan S. Rigda.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786499304

0786499303

OCLC:

939538138

Publisher Number:

40025793104