Harry Potter's world : multidisciplinary critical perspectives /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Heilman, Elizabeth E.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2003.
Series:	Pedagogy and popular culture.
Subjects:	Rowling, J. K. > Criticism and interpretation. Children > Books and reading > English-speaking countries. Children's stories, English > History and criticism. Fantasy fiction, English > History and criticism. Rowling, J. K. > Characters > Harry Potter. Potter, Harry > (Fictitious character) Wizards in literature. Magic in literature.

Table of Contents:

Introduction, Fostering critical insight through multidisciplinary perspectives / Elizabeth E. Heilman
Pottermania : good, clean fun or cultural hegemony? / Tammy Turner-Vorbeck
Harry Potter's world : magic, technoculture, and becoming human / Peter Appelbaum
Controversial content in children's literature : is Harry Potter harmful to children? / Deborah J. Taub and Heather L. Servaty
Ways of reading Harry Potter : multiple stories for multiple reader identities / Kathleen F. Malu
Reading Harry Potter with Navajo eyes / Hollie Anderson
Writing Harry's world : children coauthoring Hogwarts / Ernest Bond and Nancy Michelson.
Harry Potter-- a return to the romantic hero / Maria Nikolajeva
Generic fusion and the mosaic of Harry Potter / Anne Hiebert Alton
Wizardly challenges to and affirmations of the initiation paradigm in Harry Potter / Deborah De Rosa
Comedy, conflict, and community : home and family in Harry Potter / John Kornfeld and Laurie Prothro
Seeker of secrets : images of learning, knowing, and schooling / Charles Elster
Blue wizards and pink witches : representations of gender identity and power / Elizabeth E. Heilman
Images of the privileged insider and outcast outsider / Elizabeth E. Heilman and Anne E. Gregory
Civic leadership of Harry Potter : agency, ritual, and schooling / Rebecca Skulnick and Jesse Goodman
Appendix, Authenticity in Harry Potter-- the movie and the books / Alexander R. Wang.