Females and Harry Potter - Not All That Empowering

Informationen zum Autor By Ruthann Mayes-Elma Klappentext This book explores the sexism inherent in the Harry Potter series, books in which a hero and his male friends are the focus and center of activity and the female characters are passive enablers-at best. Using critical discourse analysis and focusing on five themes (rule following/breaking, intelligence, validating/enabling, mothering, and resistance), the author explores the construction of traditional gender roles throughout the books. She concludes with a discussion of the implications for development of school curricula that enable students to critically deconstruct these texts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Harry Potter in Review Chapter 2 You've Got to Have Theory Chapter 3 Method to My Madness Chapter 4 Analyzing Harry and Friends Chapter 5 Where Do We Go From Here?

Product details

• Authors: Ruthann Mayes-Elma
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2006
• EAN: 9780742537781
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-3778-1
• No. of pages: 164
• Series: Reverberations: Contemporary C; Reverberations: Contemporary Curriculum and Pedagogy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories