دانلود کتاب Cultural Politics In Harry Potter: Life, Death And The Politics Of Fear

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Contributors Preface Acknowledgements Note on the Text PART I: Wizarding (Bio)Politics and Intersected Discourses 1. The Chosen One(s): Ethnic Election and Contemporary English National Identity in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Series Notes References 2. Squibs, Disability and Having a Place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry References 3. A Magic Manic Pixie Dream Girl?: Luna Lovegood and the Concept of Postfeminism Notes Acknowledgements References 4. “Like an Old Tale”: Art and Transformation in the Harry Potter Novels and The Winter’s Tale Notes References PART II: Death Culture, Trauma and Anxiety 5. Death Sells: Relatable Death in the Harry Potter Novels Representation of Death in Harry Potter Fate Worse than Death? Death as a Marketing Tool Notes References 6. The Last Enemy: Harry Potter and Western Anxiety about Death Dualling Influences Modern Medicine Plato and the Soul Problem Solved? Notes References 7. “A Story About How Humans Are Frightened of Death”: Harry Potter, Death and the Cultural Imagination References 8. Arthur, Harry and the Late Mother: From T.H. White to J.K. Rowling References 9. King’s Cross: Harry Potter and the Transformative Power of Pain and Suffering Pain and Identity Crisis Common Magical Ailments and Afflictions Growing Pains Teaching as Torture, Torture as Teaching King’s Cross Pain and Power References 10. When Spares Are Spared: Innocent Bystanders and Survivor’s Guilt in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child References 11. Death Culture, Literary References and Postmodern Sacred Elements in Harry Potter as a Transmedia Franchise References 12. Death and How to Deal with It in the Harry Potter Series What Is Death in the Harry Potter World? Coping with Death and the Grieving Process in the Harry Potter World Conclusion Notes References PART III: Trauma, the Politics of Fear and Postmodern Transformations 13. Al-Qa’ida and the Horcruxes: Quests for Immortality by Violent Extremist Organizations and Lord Voldemort Notes References 14. Gender, Sexuality and the War on Terror in Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Nationalism, Class and Gender in Harry Potter Non-normative Masculinities and National Discourse in Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them Notes References 15. Magic as Technological Utopia?: Unpacking Issues of Interactivity and Infrastructuring in the Potterverse References 16. Flirting with Posthuman Technologies in Harry Potter: Overconsumption of a Good Thing – Technology as Magic Conservative Consumption of Posthuman Technologies Consumer of Posthuman Technology Becomes Posthuman Understanding Voldemort’s Choices to Overconsume Ethics and Consequences of Posthuman Technologies References Index