The Effacement of Post-9/11 Orphanhood: Re-reading the Harry Potter Series as a Melancholic Rhetoric

Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/6682x479c

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Attribute Name	Values
Creator	Nguyen, Kim Hong
Abstract	Contrary to critics and scholars interested in the series’ therapeutic value, Harry Potter encourages post-9/11 subjects to neither heal nor mourn. Instead of taking up the potential pain and transformation in realizing and coming to terms with the deaths of his parents, Harry’s reattachment to the institution precludes his abilities to mourn constructively and his orphanhood effectively gets effaced over the course of the series. This article suggests that the therapeutic value ascribed to Harry Potter indicates a hope that it will serve as a pedagogical device to produce loyal, patriotic citizen-subjects that will hold on to rather than mourn loss. Keywords: post-9/11, orphan, therapeutic rhetoric, melancholia, Harry Potter
Resource Type	Article
DOI	https://doi.org/10.13008/2151-2957.1079
Fecha Disponible	2012-12-07T22:51:24+00:00
Fecha de Emisión	2011
Journal Title	Poroi
Journal Volume	7
Journal Issue/Number	1
Academic Affiliation	Speech Communication
Declaración de derechos	In Copyright
Publisher	The University of Iowa
Peer Reviewed	Yes
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/35549

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