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“christopher e bell”

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  • Disney Channel Tween Programming

    Essays on Shows from Lizzie McGuire to Andi Mack

    Edited by Christopher E. Bell ...
    Much has been written about the Walt Disney Company's productions, but the focus has largely been on animation and feature film created by Disney. In this essay collection, the attention is turned to The Disney Channel and the programs it presents for a largely tween audience. Since its emergence as a market category in the 1980s, the tween demographic has commanded purchasing power and cultural ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • From Here to Hogwarts

    Essays on Harry Potter Fandom and Fiction

    Edited by Christopher E. Bell ...
    The social relations, societal structures and existential conundrums in the world of Harry Potter novels reflect our own. When the authoritarianism of Hogwarts falls upon Harry, it is an echo of disciplinary practices in real-world high schools. The economic inequities of the wizarding world mirror those of modern societies. The art, literature and mass media of wizard society reveal our deep ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Hermione Granger Saves the World: Essays on the Feminist Heroine of Hogwarts

    Essays on the Feminist Heroine of Hogwarts

    by Edited by Christopher E. Bell ...
    The new essays in this book make two central claims. First, for some people, the word "feminist" has been either poorly defined or, in some cases, even demonized. Hermione Granger, of the Harry Potter series, serves as an outstanding example of what modern young feminism looks like: activist, powerful and full of agency, yet feminine, romantic and stylish--a new kind of feminism for a new kind of ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Wizards vs. Muggles

    Essays on Identity and the Harry Potter Universe

    Edited by Christopher E. Bell ...
    Harry Potter has given the study of popular culture a unique platform for exploring the nature of human identity. "Potter Studies" is developing into a vibrant interdisciplinary field of scholarship.This collection of new essays examines issues surrounding race, class, gender, sexual orientation and personal virtue, both in the wizarding world and in our own. The contributors discuss an array of ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Transmedia Harry Potter

    Essays on Storytelling Across Platforms

    Edited by Christopher E. Bell ...
     Transmediation--the telling of a single story across multiple media--is a relatively new phenomenon. While there have been adaptations (books to films, for example) for more than a century, modern technology and media consumption have expanded the scope of trans-mediating practices.Nowhere are these more evident than within the Harry Potter universe, where a coherent world and narrative are ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Inside the World of Harry Potter

    Critical Essays on the Books and Films

    Edited by Christopher E. Bell ...
    Many scholars recognize the importance of Harry Potter as a vehicle for discussions about society--from race relations and gender studies to economic, political, religious and educational applications of the texts.This interdisciplinary collection of new essays brings to the forefront a critique of modern Western society, using Harry's world as a mirror to our own. Covering issues surrounding ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • Harry Potter - The Ultimate Book of Facts

    by Jack Goldstein ...
    Are you a huge fan of Harry Potter? You have probably read every book and seen every film many times over. But how much do you really know? This excellent book has more than two hundred facts that will surprise and amaze you in equal measure. Sections include:-Harry Potter and Daniel Radcliffe-Quidditch-Hermione Granger and Emma Watson-The Ministry of Magic-The Triwizard Tournament-Hogwarts-And ... Read more

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  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    by L.Frank Baum ...
    The Book of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank BaumThis book was completed by Denslow, famous for Frank Baum\'s work in the United States, with the addition of paintings. American literature for children. This is an adventure story of a girl Dorothy living in Kansas with her uncle Henry Aunt Em. ... Read more

    $4.90 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Chronicles of Narnia

    The Complete 7-book collection

    by C. S. Lewis ...
    The Chronicles of Narnia Complete 7-Book Collection is a renowned fantasy series written by the British author C.S. Lewis between 1950 and 1956. The complete set comprises seven individual novels that together form an epic saga of good versus evil, set in the magical realm of Narnia. The seven books in the collection are: 1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) 2. Prince Caspian (1951) 3. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Wizard of Oz

    by Baum, Lyman ...
    The story of Dorothy and her dog, Toto, who are swept off the Kansas plains by a huge cyclone, and find themselves in the land of Oz. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter

    Edited by Elizabeth E. Heilman ...
    This thoroughly revised edition includes updated essays on cultural themes and literary analysis, and its new essays analyze the full scope of the seven-book series as both pop cultural phenomenon and as a set of literary texts. Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter, Second Edition draws on a wider range of intellectual traditions to explore the texts, including moral-theological analysis, ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Harry Potter and International Relations

    by Brian Folker, Maia A. Gemmill, Martin Hall, Torbjørn L. Knutsen, Bahar Rumelili, Jennifer Sterling-Folker, Ann Towns, David Long, Patricia M. Goff, Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, Peter Mandaville ...
    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. ... Read more

    $42.99 USD