Harry Potter and the Other

Contributions by Christina M. Chica Kathryn Coto Sarah Park Dahlen Preethi Gorecki Tolonda Henderson Marcia Hernandez Jackie C. Horne Susan E. Howard Peter C. Kunze Florence Maätita Sridevi Rao Kallie Schell Jennifer Patrice Sims Paul Spickard Lily Anne Welty Tamai Ebony Elizabeth Thomas Jasmine Wade Karin E. Westman and Charles D. Wilson <p/> Race matters in the fictional Wizarding World of the <i>Harry Potter</i> series as much as it does in the real world. As J. K. Rowling continues to reveal details about the world she created a growing number of fans scholars readers and publics are conflicted and concerned about how the original Wizarding World--quintessentially white and British--depicts diverse and multicultural identities social subjectivities and communities. <i>Harry Potter and the Other: Race Justice and Difference in the Wizarding World </i>is a timely anthology that examines interrogates and critiques representations of race and difference across various <i>Harry Potter</i> media including books films and official websites as well as online forums and the classroom. <p/> As the contributors to this volume demonstrate a deeper reading of the series reveals multiple ruptures in popular understandings of the liberatory potential of the <i>Potter </i>series. Young people who are progressive liberal and empowered to question authority may have believed they were reading something radical as children and young teens but increasingly they have raised alarms about the series' depiction of peoples of color cultural appropriation in worldbuilding and the author's antitrans statements in the media. Included essays examine the failed wizarding justice system the counterproductive portrayal of Nagini as an Asian woman the liberation of Dobby the elf and more adding meaningful contributions to existing scholarship on the <i>Harry Potter</i> series. As we approach the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone</i> <i>Harry Potter and the Other </i>provides a smorgasbord of insights into the way that race and difference have shaped this story its world its author and the generations who have come of age during the era of the Wizarding World.