Edition Statement:2nd edition.
Imprint:New York : Routledge, 2009.
Descriptionix, 354 pages ; 23 cm
Note:Part 1: Perspectives on Identity and Morality -- Controversial content: Is Harry Potter harmful to children? / Deborah J. Taub and Heather L. Servaty-Seib -- Harry Potter and Christian theology / Peter Ciaccio -- Harry Potter's world as a morality tale of technology and media / Nicholas Sheltrown -- Is desire beneficial or harmful in the Harry Potter series? / Tija Piippo / The great Snape debate / Peter Appelbaum -- Part 2: Critical and Sociological Perspectives -- Schooling Harry Potter: Teacher and learning, power and knowledge / Megan L. Birch -- Comedy, quest, and community: Home and family in Harry Potter / John Kornfeld and Laurie Prothro -- From sexist to (sort-of) feminist: Representations of gender in the Harry Potter series / Elizabeth E. Heilman and Trevor Donaldson -- Monsters, creatures, and pets at Hogwarts: Animal stewardship in the world of Harry Potter / Peter Dendle -- Harry Potter, the war against evil, and the melodramatization of public culture / Marc Bousquet -- Part 3: Literacy Elements and Interpretations -- Playing the genre game: Generic fusions of the Harry Potter series / Anne Heibert Alton -- Harry Potter and the secrets of children's literature / Maria Nikolajeva -- Harry Potter and the horrors of the Oresteia -- Alice Mills -- Philosopher's Stone to resurrection stone: Narrative transformations and intersecting cultures across the Harry Potter series / Kate Behr -- Part 4: Cultural Studies and Media Perspectives -- Lost in translation? Harry Potter, from page to screen / Philip Nel -- The migration of media: Harry Potter in print and pixels / Anna Gunder -- Writing Harry's world: Children co-authoring Hogwarts / Ernest L. Bond and Nancy L. Michelson -- Pottermania: Good, clean fun or cultural hegemony? / Tammy Turner-Vorbeck.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
