A distance reading review of the Harry Potter series.
Document Type
Panel Presentation
Keywords
Harry Potter, racism, muggle
Biography
My name is Julanna Bills. I am a 47 year old returning college student. I am majoring in Computer Information and Technology and minoring in Digital Humanities.
Major
CIT
Advisor for this project
Kristin Lillvis
Abstract
Non-magical human figures are represented in a discriminatory fashion in the Harry Potter series which emulates the racial inequality that was present and to a point still is present between white and black humans. This is evident in the language used toward and about non-magical individuals by the similarities to the insults used against people of color. Looking at this text through primarily distance reading technologies brings a great deal of correlations between muggles and black people to light.
A distance reading review of the Harry Potter series.
Non-magical human figures are represented in a discriminatory fashion in the Harry Potter series which emulates the racial inequality that was present and to a point still is present between white and black humans. This is evident in the language used toward and about non-magical individuals by the similarities to the insults used against people of color. Looking at this text through primarily distance reading technologies brings a great deal of correlations between muggles and black people to light.
