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Author:   Kathryn N. McDaniel ,  Emily Strand
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.367kg
ISBN:  

9781476690537

ISBN 10:   1476690537
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   17 November 2023
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Your Potterversity Orientation Kathryn N. McDaniel and Emily Strand Occult Knowledge Good Men and Monsters: Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Harry Potter Beatrice Groves Dark Arts and Secret Histories: Investigating Dark Academia Amy H. Sturgis Conversation: Occult Knowledge Ancient Magic Here Be Dragons and Phoenixes: A Thematic Direction for the Fantastic Beasts Series Lana A. Whited The Real Magic of Christmas in Harry Potter Emily Strand Conversation: Ancient Magic A Question of Character Padfoot Revelio! The Life and Love of Sirius Black Emma Nicholson The Weasley Witches: From Snitches to Stitches to “­Not-My-Daughter-You-Bitches” Louise M. Freeman Arthur Weasley and the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Kathryn N. McDaniel Conversation: A Question of Character Self and Others The Problem with Loving Enemies: Kindness and Oppression in “The Wizard and the Hopping Pot” Travis Prinzi Uncle Remus’s Shack: Tokenism in the Wizarding World ­Mark-Anthony Lewis Conversation: Self and Others Playing Potter It’s All Fun and Games Until…: Leisurely and Competitive Pursuits in Harry Potter and Chivalric Romance Laurie Beckoff Gamifying the Harry Potter Studies Classroom Tison Pugh Conversation: Playing Potter Teaching, the Hogwarts Dumbledorisms: The Idiosyncratic Style of a Hogwarts Headmaster M’Balia Thomas Hem Hem... I Take Umbridge with Bigotry: Using the ­Witch-in-Pink to Counter Oppression Brent A. Satterly Conversation: Teaching, the Hogwarts Way Before the Dismissal Bell: Closing Thoughts Kathryn N. McDaniel Bibliography About the Contributors Index

Reviews

"""This collection takes a unique and exciting approach that is new to academic studies of Harry Potter. Every one of the essays taught me something new. This book is an extremely valuable contribution to the field.""--Beth Sutton-Ramspeck, associate professor emerita, The Ohio State University at Lima"

“This collection takes a unique and exciting approach that is new to academic studies of Harry Potter. Every one of the essays taught me something new. This book is an extremely valuable contribution to the field.”—Beth Sutton-Ramspeck, associate professor emerita, The Ohio State University at Lima

Author Information

Kathryn N. McDaniel is McCoy Professor of History at Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio, and specializes in intersections of history and popular culture. She co-hosts Potterversity: A Potter Studies Podcast. Emily Strand teaches comparative religion and cultural competence courses at Mt. Carmel College in Columbus, Ohio. She co-hosts the podcasts Potterversity and Meet Father Rivers.

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