Harry Potter and the Myth of Millennials - Identity, Reception, and Politics

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

By Priscilla Hobbs

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Priscilla Hobbs, Hobbs Priscilla
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781793620279
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-027-9
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, Children’s & teenage literature studies: general, Children's & teenage literature studies