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 Maatita,
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 Race matters in the fictional
Wizarding World of the Harry Potter 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. Harry Potter and the Other: Race, Justice, and
Difference in the Wizarding World is a timely anthology that
examines, interrogates, and critiques representations of race and
difference across various Harry Potter media, including books,
films, and official websites, as well as online forums and the
classroom. 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 Potter 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
Harry Potter series. As we approach the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry
Potter and the Other 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.
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