Females and Harry Potter

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Females and Harry Potter: Not All That Empowering, by Ruthann Mayes-Elma, is a 2006 critical study of sexism in the Harry Potter series.

Description (amazon):

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.

Publications

  • Rowman & Littlefield (2006), ISBN 074253779X; 978-0742537798

Contents

  • Acknowledgments


  • 1 Harry Potter in Review
  • 2 You've Got to Have Theory
  • 3 Method to My Madness
  • 4 Analyzing Harry and Friends
  • 5 Where Do We Go from Here?


  • Postlude
  • References
  • Appendix A: Coding Sheet
  • Appendix B: Character Agency Codes and Frequency
  • Appendix C: Identity-Attitude Frequency
  • Appendix D: Identity-Voice Frequency
  • Appendix E: Resistance-Attitude Frequency
  • Appendix F: Resistance-Voice Frequency
  • Index
  • About the Author


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