Harry Potter and International Relations

Daniel H. Nexon; Iver B. Neumann

doi:10.5771/9781461637233

Summary

Why not take seriously the claim that Harry Potter's world intertwines with our own? In this timely yet otherworldly volume, more than a dozen scholars of international relations join hands to demonstrate how this well-loved artifact of popular culture reflects and shapes our own lifeworld. A wide range of historical and sociological sources shows how Harry's world contains aspects of our own. Practices such as quidditch dovetail quite clearly with 'muggle' sports, and the very British-ness of the books has, in translation into languages such as Turkish and Arabic, been transformed to reflect these unique cultures. Chapters on the political economy of the franchise as well as the scholarly problems of studying popular culture frame what is essentially a highly info-taining read.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2006
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7425-3958-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4616-3723-3
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 245
Product type: Edited Book

1. CONTENTS No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction: Harry Potter and the Study of World Politics IVER B. NEUMANN AND DANIEL H. NEXON No access Pages 1 - 24
1. CHAPTER I Producing Harry Potter: Why the Medium Is Still the Message PATRICIA M. GOFF No access
2. CHAPTER 2 Glocal Hero: Harry Potter Abroad PATRICK THADDEUS JACKSON AND PETER MANDAVILLE No access
3. CHAPTER 3 Foreign Yet Pamiliar: International Politics and the Reception of Potterin Turkey and Sweden ANN TOWNS AND BAHAR RUMELILI No access
4. CHAPTER 4 Children's Crusade: The Religious Politics of Harry Potter MAIA A. GEMMILL AND DANIEL H. NEXON No access
1. CHAPTER 5 Conflict and the Nation-State: Magical Mirrors of Muggles and Refraced Images JENNIFER STERLING-FOLKER AND BRIAN FOLKER No access
2. CHAPTER 6 Quidditch, Imperialism, and the Sport- War Intertext DAVID LONG No access
1. CHAPTER 7 Naturalizing Geography: Harry Potter and the Realms of Muggles, Magic Folks, and Giants IVER B. NEUMANN No access
2. CHAPTER 8 The Fantasy of Realism, or Mythology as Methodology MARTIN HALL No access
1. CHAPTER 9 Dumbledore's Pedagogy: Knowledge and Virtue at Hogwarts TORBJORN L. KNUTSEN No access
Bibliography No access Pages 213 - 232
Index No access Pages 233 - 242
About the Contributors No access Pages 243 - 245