Elizabeth E. Heilman is Associate Professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University.

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• Introduction: Fostering Insight through Multiple Critical Perspectives, Elizabeth E. HeilmanI. Perspectives on Identity and Morality1. Controversial Content: Is Harry Potter Harmful to Children?, Deborah J. Taub and Heather L. Servaty-Seib2. Harry Potter and Christian Theology, Peter Ciaccio3. Harry Potter's World as a Morality Tale of Technology and Media, Nicholas Sheltrown 4. Is Desire Beneficial Or Harmful in the Harry Potter Series?, Taija Piippo5. The Great Snape Debate, Peter AppelbaumII. Critical and Sociological Perspectives6. Schooling Harry Potter: Teachers and Learning, Power and Knowledge, Megan L. Birch7. Comedy, Quest, and Community: Home and Family in Harry Potter, John Kornfeld and Laurie Prothro8. From Sexist to (sort-of) Feminist: Representations of Gender in the Harry Potter Series, Elizabeth E. Heilman and Trevor Donaldson9. Monsters, Creatures, and Pets at Hogwarts: Animal Stewardship in the World of Harry Potter, Peter Dendle 10. Harry Potter, the War against Evil, and the Melodramatization of Public Culture, Marc BousquetIII. Literacy Elements and Interpretations 11. Playing the Genre Game: Generic Fusions of the Harry Potter Series, Anne Hiebert Alton 12. Harry Potter and the Secrets of Children’s Literature, Maria Nikolajeva13. Harry Potter and the Horrors of the Oresteia, Alice Mills14. Philosopher’s Stone to Resurrection Stone: Narrative Transformations and Intersecting Cultures across the Harry Potter Series, Kate Behr IV. Cultural Studies and Media Perspectives15. Lost in Translation?: Harry Potter, from Page to Screen, Philip Nel 16. The Migration of Media: Harry Potter in Print and Pixels, Anna Gunder17. Writing Harry's World: Children Co-Authoring Hogwarts, Ernest L. Bond and Nancy L. Michelson 18. Pottermania: Good, Clean Fun or Cultural Hegemony?, Tammy Turner-Vorbeck

Elizabeth E. Heilman is Associate Professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University.

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• Introduction: Fostering Insight through Multiple Critical Perspectives, Elizabeth E. HeilmanI. Perspectives on Identity and Morality1. Controversial Content: Is Harry Potter Harmful to Children?, Deborah J. Taub and Heather L. Servaty-Seib2. Harry Potter and Christian Theology, Peter Ciaccio3. Harry Potter's World as a Morality Tale of Technology and Media, Nicholas Sheltrown 4. Is Desire Beneficial Or Harmful in the Harry Potter Series?, Taija Piippo5. The Great Snape Debate, Peter AppelbaumII. Critical and Sociological Perspectives6. Schooling Harry Potter: Teachers and Learning, Power and Knowledge, Megan L. Birch7. Comedy, Quest, and Community: Home and Family in Harry Potter, John Kornfeld and Laurie Prothro8. From Sexist to (sort-of) Feminist: Representations of Gender in the Harry Potter Series, Elizabeth E. Heilman and Trevor Donaldson9. Monsters, Creatures, and Pets at Hogwarts: Animal Stewardship in the World of Harry Potter, Peter Dendle 10. Harry Potter, the War against Evil, and the Melodramatization of Public Culture, Marc BousquetIII. Literacy Elements and Interpretations 11. Playing the Genre Game: Generic Fusions of the Harry Potter Series, Anne Hiebert Alton 12. Harry Potter and the Secrets of Children’s Literature, Maria Nikolajeva13. Harry Potter and the Horrors of the Oresteia, Alice Mills14. Philosopher’s Stone to Resurrection Stone: Narrative Transformations and Intersecting Cultures across the Harry Potter Series, Kate Behr IV. Cultural Studies and Media Perspectives15. Lost in Translation?: Harry Potter, from Page to Screen, Philip Nel 16. The Migration of Media: Harry Potter in Print and Pixels, Anna Gunder17. Writing Harry's World: Children Co-Authoring Hogwarts, Ernest L. Bond and Nancy L. Michelson 18. Pottermania: Good, Clean Fun or Cultural Hegemony?, Tammy Turner-Vorbeck