Full Product Details
Author: Sarah Park Dahlen ,
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Imprint: University Press of Mississippi
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.214kg
ISBN: 9781496840561
ISBN 10: 1496840569
Pages: 330
Publication Date: 27 June 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews
Harry Potter and the Other offers an essential intervention both in Harry Potter studies and in children's literature studies more generally, explicating with great erudition and care the promise and limits of Rowling's fantasies of multiculturalism.--Tison Pugh, author of Harry Potter and Beyond: On J. K. Rowling's Fantasies and Other Fictions Harry Potter and the Other provides a current set of theoretical approaches to the Potter series that is extremely welcome. What sets this collection apart is its focus in meaningful ways on social systems that seek to silence and oppress.--Gwen Athene Tarbox, author of Children's and Young Adult Comics and coeditor of Graphic Novels for Children and Young Adults: A Collection of Critical Essays
"Dahlen and Thomas's collection, though unable to encompass the full scope of the criticisms around ""othering"" made about Harry Potter, offers an important starting set of questions and analyses.--Effie Sapuridis ""Journal of Popular Culture"" Devoted Harry Potter readers/viewers as well as those less enthusiastic about the franchise can appreciate the exploration of race and justice put forth in this solid collection.--KaaVonia Hinton ""The Lion and the Unicorn"" The essay collection Harry Potter and the Other: Race, Justice, and Difference in the Wizarding World is a broad ranging and necessary addition to the ever-evolving field of Harry Potter scholarship.--Emily Lauer ""Children's Literature Association Quarterly"" In this timely edited collection, Dahlen and Thomas assemble a tapestry of scholarship that brings a much-needed critical lens to the long-standing issues of discrimination and harm in the Harry Potter series. . . . A superb and necessary collection. Purchase and share this stellar collection with all the Potterheads in your library.--Jen McConnel ""School Library Journal"" Harry Potter and the Other offers an essential intervention both in Harry Potter studies and in children's literature studies more generally, explicating with great erudition and care the promise and limits of Rowling's fantasies of multiculturalism.--Tison Pugh, author of Harry Potter and Beyond: On J. K. Rowling's Fantasies and Other Fictions Harry Potter and the Other provides a current set of theoretical approaches to the Potter series that is extremely welcome. What sets this collection apart is its focus in meaningful ways on social systems that seek to silence and oppress.--Gwen Athene Tarbox, author of Children's and Young Adult Comics and coeditor of Graphic Novels for Children and Young Adults: A Collection of Critical Essays"
Author Information
Sarah Park Dahlen is associate professor at the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences. She cocreated the Diversity in Children’s Books infographics and administered Lee & Low’s 2015 Diversity Baseline Survey. She coedits the journal Research on Diversity in Youth Literature and coedited the book Diversity in Youth Literature: Opening Doors through Reading. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas is associate professor at the University of Michigan’s School of Education. A former Detroit Public Schools teacher and National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, she is an expert on children’s literature, youth media, and fan culture. Her most recent book is The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from ""Harry Potter"" to the ""Hunger Games.
