Inside the World of Harry Potter: Critical Essays on the Books and Films

by Christopher E. Bell (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476634135
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	10/29/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	191
Sales rank:	836,152
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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.
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

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 Borojević)
What Is a Hero?: An Analysis of Legacy Symbolism (Marley ­Stuever-Williford)
About the Contributors
Index