Potterversity

Kathryn N. McDaniel is McCoy Professor of History at Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio, and specializes in intersections of history and popular culture. She co-hosts Potterversity: A Potter Studies Podcast. Emily Strand teaches comparative religion and cultural competence courses at Mt. Carmel College in Columbus, Ohio. She co-hosts the podcasts Potterversity and Meet Father Rivers.

“This collection takes a unique and exciting approach that is new to academic studies of Harry Potter. Every one of the essays taught me something new. This book is an extremely valuable contribution to the field.”—Beth Sutton-Ramspeck, associate professor emerita, The Ohio State University at Lima

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Your Potterversity OrientationKathryn N. McDaniel and Emily StrandOccult KnowledgeGood Men and Monsters: Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Harry PotterBeatrice GrovesDark Arts and Secret Histories: Investigating Dark AcademiaAmy H. SturgisConversation: Occult KnowledgeAncient MagicHere Be Dragons and Phoenixes: A Thematic Direction for the Fantastic Beasts SeriesLana A. WhitedThe Real Magic of Christmas in Harry PotterEmily StrandConversation: Ancient MagicA Question of CharacterPadfoot Revelio! The Life and Love of Sirius BlackEmma NicholsonThe Weasley Witches: From Snitches to Stitches to “­Not-My-Daughter-You-Bitches”Louise M. FreemanArthur Weasley and the Misuse of Muggle ArtefactsKathryn N. McDanielConversation: A Question of CharacterSelf and OthersThe Problem with Loving Enemies: Kindness and Oppression in “The Wizard and the Hopping Pot”Travis PrinziUncle Remus’s Shack: Tokenism in the Wizarding World­Mark-Anthony LewisConversation: Self and OthersPlaying PotterIt’s All Fun and Games Until…: Leisurely and Competitive Pursuits in Harry Potter and Chivalric RomanceLaurie BeckoffGamifying the Harry Potter Studies ClassroomTison PughConversation: Playing PotterTeaching, the HogwartsDumbledorisms: The Idiosyncratic Style of a Hogwarts HeadmasterM’Balia ThomasHem Hem... I Take Umbridge with Bigotry: Using the ­Witch-in-Pink to Counter OppressionBrent A. SatterlyConversation: Teaching, the Hogwarts WayBefore the Dismissal Bell: Closing ThoughtsKathryn N. McDanielBibliographyAbout the ContributorsIndex