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An edition of Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter (2002)

Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter

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The Harry Potter books have become ubiquitous early texts for children, and are also a popular choice for many adults. Potter-mania has expanded to become a significant cultural phenomenon complete with a feature film and a wide range of paraphernalia. However, there has been little critical attention devoted to these books and the cultural phenomenon surrounding them. Containing powerful, thought-provoking literary themes as well as portrayals of social and cultural normalcy, the Potter books cumulatively serve as a powerful form of social text and deserve serious critical attention. Elizabeth Heilman brings together scholars from various disciplines to provide literary, cultural, sociological, and psychological examinations of the Harry Potter books as both cultural product and social text.

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Falmer Press
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English
Pages
308

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English Fantasy fiction Children's stories, English Harry Potter Wizards in literature Magic in literature History and criticism Criticism and interpretation Books and reading Characters Children Harry Potter (Fictitious character) Rowling, j. k., 1965- Children, books and reading Children's literature, history and criticism Fantasy fiction, history and criticism Potter, harry (fictitious character) J. K. Analys och tolkning Litterära gestalter Potter, Harry (fiktiv gestalt) Enfants Livres et lecture Histoires pour enfants anglaises Histoire et critique Magie dans la littérature LITERARY CRITICISM European English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Barn- och ungdomslitteratur Engelsk fantastisk litteratur Historia Magi i litteraturen

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Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter
2015, Taylor & Francis Group
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Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter
2008, Taylor & Francis Group
in English
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Critical perspectives on Harry Potter
2008, Routledge
in English - 2nd ed.
Cover of: Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter
Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter
2008, Taylor & Francis Group
in English
Cover of: Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter
Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter
2008, Taylor & Francis Group
in English
Cover of: Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter
Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter
2008, Taylor & Francis Group
in English
Cover of: Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter
Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter
2008, Taylor & Francis Group
in English
Cover of: Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter
Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter
2008, Routledge
in English
Cover of: Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter
Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter
November 2002, Falmer Press
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First Sentence

"Pottermania has become a cultural phenomenon."

Table of Contents

Introduction: Harry Potter across Theoretical and Disciplinary Boundaries
Part I. Cultural Studies Perspectives
1. Pottermania: Good, Clean Fun or Cultural Hegemony?
2. Magic, Technoculture, and Becoming Human
3. Controversial Content in Children's Literature: Is Harry Potter Harmful to Children?
Part II. Reader Response and Interpretive Perspectives
4. Ways of Reading Harry Potter: Multiple Narratives for Multiple Readers
5. Reading Harry Potter with Navajo Eyes
6. Transfiguring Harry's World: Children Co-authoring Hogwarts
Part III. Literary Perspectives: The Hero, Myth and Genre
7. Harry Potter - a Return to the Romantic Hero
8. Generic Fusion and the Mosaic of Harry Potter
9. Wizardly Initiations: Moral, Familial, and Social
Part IV. Critical and Sociological Perspectives
10. Comedy, Conflict, and Community: Home and Family in Harry Potter
II. The Seeker of Secrets: Images of Learning, Knowing and Schooling
12. Blue Wizards and Pink Witches: Expressions of Gender Identity and Power
13. Images of the Privileged Insider and Outcast Outsider
14. The Civic Leadership of Harry Potter: Agency, Ritual, and Schooling

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London, England
Series
Pedagogy and popular culture
Copyright Date
2002

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Dewey Decimal Class
823.914

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
ix, 308 p.
Number of pages
308
Dimensions
24 x x centimeters

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7496574M
ISBN 10
0415933749
ISBN 13
9780415933742
LibraryThing
110610
Goodreads
964101

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OL8104587W

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