Relics and Intersubjectivity in the Harry Potter Series and The Castle Behind Thorns
In both J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series (1997-2007) and Merrie Haskell's The Castle Behind Thorns (2014), relics destabilise the distinctions between bodies and objects, as a way of questioning bodily limits and limitations-ultimately, the limitation of death. In Rowling's framewor...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2016]
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Literature and theology
Year: 2016, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 215-232 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture FD Contextual theology KCD Hagiography; saints |
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| Summary: | In both J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series (1997-2007) and Merrie Haskell's The Castle Behind Thorns (2014), relics destabilise the distinctions between bodies and objects, as a way of questioning bodily limits and limitations-ultimately, the limitation of death. In Rowling's framework, bodily relics are inhuman monstrosities. The Castle Behind Thorns , however, explores other possibilities of relic discourse-options in which the fragmented, dispersed body still contains agency-and sanctity. This view of relics resonates with post-humanist feminist theory and theology's exploration of intersubjectivity, and thus Haskell's text suggests new alternatives in children's literature for portraying the body as holy, even if it is not 'wholly' one's own. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frw014 |