Introduction / Christopher E. Bell -- Transfiguration: wizard identity. "The "anti-racist-white-hero premise": whiteness and the Harry Potter series / Raymond I. Schuck -- The prisoner of gender: masculinity in the Potter books / Lauren R. Camacci -- The HIV metaphor: J.K. Rowling's werewolf and its transformative potential / Brendan G.A. Hughes -- Heroes and horcruxes: Dumbledore's army as metonym / Christopher E. Bell -- "I'm a wizard too!" identification and habitus / Hillary A. Jones -- Gendered heroism: family romance and transformations of the hero-type / Shira Wolosky -- Muggle studies: Muggle identity. Quenching the quill: how fan art builds meaning, creates bonds and triggers imagination / Jelena Borojevi -- Transcending hogwarts: pedagogical practices engendering discourses of aggression and bullying / Kristen L. Cole -- Culpability for curses in Jewish law and mystical lore / Levi Cooper -- Building Harry Potter's identity in transmedia contexts / Pilar Lacasa, Sara Cortos and Rut Martinez-Borda -- Creating equality through Quidditch: a rhetorical analysis of Quidditch blogs / Ryan S. Rigda.
Summary:
"This collection of new essays examines issues surrounding race, class, gender, sexual orientation and personal virtue, both in the wizarding world and in our own. The contributors discuss an array of meanings and contexts in the Harry Potter universe relating to identity issues, and the ways in which these manifest in fandom cultures, real-world schools and businesses"-- Provided by publisher.
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