Females and Harry Potter: Not All That Empowering (Reverberations: Contemporary Curriculum and Pedagogy)
Females and Harry Potter is a deconstruction of the representations of women's agency in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Females and Harry Potter: Not All That Empowering (Reverberations Harry Potter
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | 2006 | 155 pages | ISBN-13: 9780742537798 | ISBN-10: 074253779X | You save 15%
Using critical discourse analysis and focusing on five themes (rule following and breaking, intelligence, validating and enabling, mothering, and resistance), Mayes-Elma explores the construction of traditional gender roles in the book. Additionally, the author locates the foundations of feminist epistemology--binary oppositions, gender boundaries, and woman as 'other'--that is deeply embedded within the book's themes. Traditional gender constructions of both men and women are found throughout the Sorcerer's Stone. Ultimately, the book explores the sexism inherent in the Harry Potter series: a hero and his male friends Harry potter
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | 2006 | 155 pages | ISBN-13: 9780742537781 | ISBN-10: 0742537781 | You save 10%
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