Harry Potter and International RelationsDaniel H. Nexon, Iver B. Neumann Rowman & Littlefield, 2006 - 245 pages 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. |
Table des matières
Producing Harry Potter Why the Medium Is Still the Message PATRICIA M GOFF | 27 |
Glocal Hero Harry Potter Abroad PATRICK THADDLUS JACKSON AND PETER MANDAVILLE | 45 |
Foreign Yet Familiar International Politics and the Reception of Potter in Turkey and Sweden ANN TOWNS AND BAHAR RUMELILI | 61 |
Childrens Crusade The Religious Politics of Harry Potter MAIA A GEMMILL AND DANIEL H NEXON | 79 |
Conflict and the NationState Magical Mirrors of Muggles and Refracted Images JENNIFER STERLINGFOLKER AND BRIAN FOLKER | 103 |
Quidditch Imperialism and the SportWar Intertext DAVID LONG | 127 |
Naturalizing Geography Harry Potter and the Realms of Muggles Magic Folks and Giants IVER B NEUMANN | 157 |
The Fantasy of Realism or Mythology as Methodology MARTIN HALE | 177 |
Dumbledores Pedagogy Knowledge and Virtue at Hogwarts TORBJORN I KNUTSEN | 197 |
Bibliography | 213 |
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About the Contributors | 243 |
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Page 7 - The first rule for understanding the human condition is that men live in second-hand worlds. They are aware of much more than they have personally experienced; and their own experience is always indirect. The quality of their lives is determined by meanings they have received from others.
Page 22 - Here he defines the enterprise of cultural poetics as "study of the collective making of distinct cultural practices and inquiry into the relations among these practices...