Wizarding in the Classroom
Teaching Harry Potter and Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6101902 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Deet (0000-0002-5854-0638) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 741-744 |
| Publication date | 2009-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s104909650999014x |
| OpenAlex | W2118018978 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
This article describes teaching a course called Harry Potter and Politics. Focusing on aspects of political culture, the class tackled themes of identity, institutional behavior, and globalization. Teaching Harry Potter has several benefits. Students are both familiar with the wizarding world and yet have enough distance to examine it dispassionately. The book is driven by ethnic conflict, political power struggles, and dysfunctional bureaucracies. Finally, there is an academic literature on the books. Beyond Harry Potter, teaching politics through popular culture is not only natural for addressing political culture, but taps into the ways undergraduates are increasingly experiencing politics
Art history · Bureaucracy · Dysfunctional family · Environmental ethics · Harry potter · Identity politics · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Social science · Sociology · American Political and Social Dynamics · Globalization and Cultural Identity · Psychology · Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |