Gender Roles in Harry Potter: Stereotypical or Unconventional?

dc.contributor.author	Tsatsa, Filippa
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-28T08:48:50Z
dc.date.available	2013-06-28T08:48:50Z
dc.date.issued	2013-06-28
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/33244
dc.description.abstract	In this essay I will analyze the three main characters in the Harry Potter books based on how they perform gender. My main focus is if the characters challenge gender stereotypes or if they build on clichés, norms and stereotypes when it comes to performing gender. By performing a close reading of the novels and by theorizing them with the help of Judith Butler's theory on gender as something performative I have come to the conclusion that the Harry Potter novels both challenge and do not challenge te stereotypes of gender. However, all characters show both masculine and feminine characteristics and that is what makes the novels unconventional in this aspect.	sv
dc.language.iso	eng	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	SPL kandidatuppsats i engelska	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	SPL 2013-029	sv
dc.subject	Harry Potter	sv
dc.subject	Sex	sv
dc.subject	gender	sv
dc.subject	Judith Butler	sv
dc.subject	femininity	sv
dc.subject	masculinity	sv
dc.subject	stereotypes	sv
dc.title	Gender Roles in Harry Potter: Stereotypical or Unconventional?	sv
dc.type	Text
dc.setspec.uppsok	HumanitiesTheology
dc.type.uppsok	M2
dc.contributor.department	University of Gothenburg/Department of Languages and Literatures	eng
dc.contributor.department	Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer	swe
dc.type.degree	Student essay