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Reading Harry Potter : critical essays / edited by Giselle Liza Anatol.
Series: Contributions to the study of popular culture ; no. 78Publication details: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.Description: xxv, 217 p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0313320675 :
- Rowling, J. K. -- Criticism and interpretation
- Rowling, J. K. -- Characters -- Harry Potter
- Children -- Books and reading -- English-speaking countries
- Children's stories, English -- History and criticism
- Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Potter, Harry (Fictitious character)
- Wizards in literature
- Magic in literature
- PR6068.O93 Z84 2003
Contents:
Summary: The tropes and themes of J. K. Rowling's massively popular series are interpreted within the context of its audience.
Reading Harry Potter through Theories of Child Development -- Archetypes and the Unconscious in Harry Potter and Diana Wynne Jones's Fire and Hemlock and Dogsbody / Alice Mills -- Harry Potter and the Magical Looking Glass: Reading the Secret Life of the Preadolescent / Lisa Damour -- Harry Potter and the Acquisition of Knowledge / Lisa Hopkins -- Safe as Houses: Sorting and School Houses at Hogwarts / Chantel Lavoie -- Harry and Hierarchy: Book Banning as a Reaction to the Subversion of Authority / Rebecca Stephens -- Literary Influences and Historical Contexts -- Harry Potter's Schooldays: J. K. Rowling and the British Boarding School Novel / Karen Manners Smith -- Accepting Mudbloods: The Ambivalent Social Vision of J. K. Rowling's Fairy Tales / Elaine Ostry -- Hermione and the House-Elves: The Literary and Historical Contexts of J. K. Rowling's Antislavery Campaign / Brycchan Carey -- Flying Cars, Floo Powder, and Flaming Torches: The Hi-Tech, Low-Tech World of Wizardry / Margaret J. Oakes -- Morality and Social Values: Issues of Power -- Cruel Heroes and Treacherous Texts: Educating the Reader in Moral Complexity and Critical Reading in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter Books / Veronica L. Schanoes -- Harry Potter and the Rule of Law: The Central Weakness of Legal Concepts in the Wizard World / Susan Hall -- The Fallen Empire: Exploring Ethnic Otherness in the World of Harry Potter / Giselle Liza Anatol -- Class and Socioeconomic Identity in Harry Potter's England / Julia Park -- Cinderfella: J. K. Rowling's Wily Web of Gender / Ximena Gallardo-C., C. Jason Smith.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | PR 6068 .O93 Z84 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 661389 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reading Harry Potter through Theories of Child Development -- Archetypes and the Unconscious in Harry Potter and Diana Wynne Jones's Fire and Hemlock and Dogsbody / Alice Mills -- Harry Potter and the Magical Looking Glass: Reading the Secret Life of the Preadolescent / Lisa Damour -- Harry Potter and the Acquisition of Knowledge / Lisa Hopkins -- Safe as Houses: Sorting and School Houses at Hogwarts / Chantel Lavoie -- Harry and Hierarchy: Book Banning as a Reaction to the Subversion of Authority / Rebecca Stephens -- Literary Influences and Historical Contexts -- Harry Potter's Schooldays: J. K. Rowling and the British Boarding School Novel / Karen Manners Smith -- Accepting Mudbloods: The Ambivalent Social Vision of J. K. Rowling's Fairy Tales / Elaine Ostry -- Hermione and the House-Elves: The Literary and Historical Contexts of J. K. Rowling's Antislavery Campaign / Brycchan Carey -- Flying Cars, Floo Powder, and Flaming Torches: The Hi-Tech, Low-Tech World of Wizardry / Margaret J. Oakes -- Morality and Social Values: Issues of Power -- Cruel Heroes and Treacherous Texts: Educating the Reader in Moral Complexity and Critical Reading in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter Books / Veronica L. Schanoes -- Harry Potter and the Rule of Law: The Central Weakness of Legal Concepts in the Wizard World / Susan Hall -- The Fallen Empire: Exploring Ethnic Otherness in the World of Harry Potter / Giselle Liza Anatol -- Class and Socioeconomic Identity in Harry Potter's England / Julia Park -- Cinderfella: J. K. Rowling's Wily Web of Gender / Ximena Gallardo-C., C. Jason Smith.
The tropes and themes of J. K. Rowling's massively popular series are interpreted within the context of its audience.
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