Harry Potter's world : multidisciplinary critical perspectives

Abstract

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