Harry Potter and Genocide
Description
This book is a go-to source for educators, including those in late-primary education, secondary education, and undergraduate higher education, interested in teaching genocide studies. The author makes the subject more accessible for students, as well as for educators who do not have a background in this subarea. Each chapter includes discussion questions, research prompts, and suggestions for further reading. The book will also appeal to fans of the Harry Potter series.
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Jeffrey S. Bachman is Cohen Endowed Chair in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College. He is also Co-Editor-in-Chief of Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal . He is the author of two other books, The Politics of Genocide: From the Genocide Convention to the Responsibility to Protect (2022) and The United States and Genocide: (Re)Defining the Relationship (2017). He is also the editor or co-editor of four volumes: The Routledge Handbook of Genocide Studies (2026), A Modern History of Forgotten Genocides and Mass Atrocities (2024), Genocide Studies: Pathways Ahead (2024), and Cultural Genocide: Law, Politics, and Global Manifestations (2019).
Content
Chapter 1: What is Genocide?.- Chapter 2: Types of Genocide in the World of Harry Potter: From Grindelwald and Voldemort.to Dumbledore?.- Chapter 3: Harry Potter and the Ten Stages of Genocide.- Chapter 4: Genocide Against Muggles as a Case of Subaltern Genocide?.- Chapter 5: Other Controversial and Emerging Areas of Genocide Studies in the World of Harry Potter.