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'The werewolf is an enduringly popular figure in fantasy literature and film. Although traditionally an image of horror and fear, the werewolf more often in modern texts occupies a place of difference and exclusion. This paper explores the idea of the werewolf as representative of disability and illness in two children's fantasy works from the UK and Australia: JK Rowling's Harry Potter series (1997-2007) and Jenny Hale's Jatta (2009). This paper investigates whether these associations between the werewolf and disability are troubling and problematic, or whether the metaphor of the werewolf provides alternative, powerful expressions of disability and illness.' (Author's abstract)
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Writing Disability in Australia:
This work has been affiliated because it, along with criticism about it, feature lycanthropy as a metaphor for disability.
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Metaphors of Monstrosity : The Werewolf as Disability and Illness in Harry Potter and Jatta
Papers : Explorations Into Children's Literature
Papers : Explorations Into Children's Literature
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