Harry Potter and the Terrors of the Toilet

The Harry Potter series focuses upon the toilet as a site for heroic action and a threshold between worlds as well as a more traditional place for boys to be bullied and girls to weep. This article offers a Kristevan reading of the toilets as abject in Harry Potter, and shows how this concept helps...

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Published in:Children's literature in education 2006-03, Vol.37 (1), p.1-13
Main Author: Mills, Alice
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Childrens Literature
Context Effect
Fantasy
Figurative Language
Literary Criticism
Mothers
Novels
Parent Child Relationship
Sanitary Facilities
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