Priscilla Hobbs

Harry Potter and the Myth of Millennials

Identity, Reception, and Politics

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Produktbeschreibung

Harry Potter and the Myth of Millennials takes an interdisciplinary view of Harry Potter, as a series and a phenomenon, to uncover how the lessons learned from Harry's adventures became a moral compass and a guiding light for millennial readers in an era fraught with turbulence and disharmony.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 489g
• ISBN-13: 9781793620279
• ISBN-10: 179362027X
• Artikelnr.: 63821151

Autorenporträt

Priscilla Hobbs is Senior Associate Dean at Southern New Hampshire University, USA. She is the author of Harry Potter and the Myth of Millennials: Identity, Reception, and Politics (Bloomsbury 2022) and Walt's Utopia: Disneyland and American Mythmaking (2024) and is the editor of the Studies in Disney and Culture series for Bloomsbury.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Mythology of the Boy Wizard
Chapter 2: Toward a New Heroic
Chapter 3: The Media of the Boy Wizard
Chapter 4: Lessons Learned from the Boy Wizard
Chapter 5: Wizarding Decrees and the Defense Against the Dark Arts
Chapter 6: Harry Potter and Social Activism
Chapter 7: The Problem of J.K. Rowling
Conclusion