TERMINUS:
COLLECTED PAPERS ON HARRY POTTER,
7–11 AUGUST 2008
TERMINUS:
COLLECTED PAPERS ON
HARRY POTTER,
7–11 AUGUST 2008
EDITED BY
Sharon K. Goetz
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C O NT ENT S
Abbreviations and Common Bibliographical References......page ix
Vetting Boards.......................................................................................xi
Contributors.........................................................................................xix
Foreword
Sharon K. Goetz........................................................................xxxiii
You-Know-Who Is Structuralism’s He-Who-Must-Not-Be-
Named (the Author): The Implications of Tom Riddle’s Diary
Ryan Kerr..........................................................................................1
Five Films, Four Directors and Three Composers
Robin K. K. Svegaard......................................................................15
Without Wardrobes: Accessing the Wizarding World
Amy Wilson....................................................................................31
No Place to Stand: The Incoherent Legal World of J. K. Rowling
Kenneth Schneyer...........................................................................33
Secret KNOWLEDGE / SECRET Knowledge: An Analysis of
Privacy Management in the Harry Potter Series
Andrea Krause, Elizabeth Goering, Sabine Behringer...................62
“A Black boy even taller than Ron”: Racial Dynamics in Harry Potter
Mikhail Lyubansky.........................................................................74
On Half-Blood, Half-Breeds, and “the so-called purity of blood”:
An Examination of the Role of Genetics in the Magical World of
Harry Potter
Peter Blier.......................................................................................87
J. K. Rowling’s Fenrir Greyback: Identity, Society, and the
Werewolf
Renée Ward.....................................................................................98
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All the Minister’s Men: Analyzing Power and the Press in
Harry Potter
Tracy Douglas...............................................................................120
Our Business: Why I’m Glad J. K. Rowling Outed Albus Dumbledore
Joel Meredith.................................................................................136
Beyond Binary: Recognizing the Fluidity of Sexual Identity
in the Harry Potter Series
Jennifer L. Goodhue......................................................................143
Confluence of Themes in Jane Austen and J. K. Rowling
Cathy O’Neill................................................................................158
The Women of Harry Potter
Lori A. Franklin............................................................................159
On Faith Alone: A Luna Roundtable
Hallie Tibbetts...............................................................................171
Ginny Weasley: Girl Next Doormat?
Gwendolyn Limbach.....................................................................173
On the Periphery: Adults in Harry Potter
Julie Bock.......................................................................................206
The Problem of Snape’s Redemption
Naomi Wood.................................................................................219
Mind the Gap: Severus Snape and the Final Imperative
Hilary K. Justice...........................................................................232
Choice and Sacrifice: What Is Right and What Is Easy
Elise (eliand504/elseinane)...........................................................239
Question Authority: Heroism and Leadership in the Harry
Potter Series
Cathy Colton.................................................................................241
Neville Longbottom: Ascent
Elise (eliand504/elseinane)...........................................................256
A Nod of the Head: Was Draco Redeemed?
Yolanda R. Carroll........................................................................258
Percy Weasley, Prodigal Son
Amy Wilson..................................................................................269
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Madam Pomfrey: Why She Is the Cause of, and the Cure for,
the Current Global Nursing Shortage
Shirley K. Comer...........................................................................272
Severus vs. Sirius: A Short Meditation on the Nature of Love
Mary Johnson................................................................................291
Harry Potter: Mirroring Our Times and the Cultivation of a
New Cultural Mythology
Paula A. Moses.............................................................................296
Harry the Hero: Archetype of a Real 21st Century Myth
Marjorie Cohee Manifold..............................................................299
Unforgivable Acts: Bullying, Torture, and the Perpetuation
of Violence in Harry Potter
Robin Franson Pruter...................................................................309
Ordinary Wizards: The Psychology of Evil in the Harry
Potter Universe
Mikhail Lyubansky.......................................................................326
Becoming Your Enemy: Ethics in Harry Potter
Kenneth Schneyer (m), Tony Buenning, Karen Morris, Rob Smith......339
Omar Khadr Is Not Harry Potter
Kathleen McConnell.....................................................................341
The Deathly Hallows and Harry, or, How the Boy Who Lived
Became Master of Death in Seven Not-So-Easy Lessons
Peggy Ross....................................................................................353
Age Progression in the Harry Potter Series: Reading Levels,
Complexity of Ideas, and Death, or When Should My Child Start
Reading Harry Potter?
Vicky McKinley.............................................................................377
Dear J. K. Rowling, Please Stop Talking
Karen Wikander and Shanna Murray..........................................403
Connecting Through Harry Potter
Kat Mowle.....................................................................................413
Without a Net: How to Organize and Manage a “Real-life”
Harry Potter Club
Jillian Stanley................................................................................421
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Families and Fandom
Linda and Amber Lowery.............................................................423
Sewing Basics: How to Make a Student Robe
Generalmanda, JKG_Vader, VoldieBeth, Kate B...........................435
The Magical World of Bobbin Lace
Nancy Jones..................................................................................441
Create Your Own Death Eater Mask!
Generalmanda, JKG_Vader, VoldieBeth, Droxy............................447
A Professors’ Roundtable: Conversations on the Pedagogy of
Potter
Kimberly “Grym” Pyne................................................................452
Stairway to Heaven, Stairway to Hell: Symbolism and Significance of
Staircases in the Harry Potter Septology
Jillian Stanley................................................................................455
Latin for Wizards II: The Curses
Katherine E. Krohn.......................................................................464
Harry Potter and the Reluctant Reader: Using Harry Potter in
the College Classroom
Rhonda Nicol................................................................................473
I Was a Teenage Potterhead: How the Chosen One Helped
Us Through College
Joshua Benson, Melissa Kliemann, Megan Kowalski, Bailey
Wellman, Shaelynn M. Wolfe.........................................................482
I’m Not Dead Yet: Snape Lives On in Fanfiction
Lori A. Franklin............................................................................514
Snape’s Mary Sues: A Visual Field Guide for Identifying and
Understanding Mary Sues Paired with Snape
valis2 and GMonkey42 (Gillian)..................................................515
Harry Potter and the Beautiful, Wondrous, Multitalented Fanfiction
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A.M.P. ..........................................................................................528
