Pop goes religion: Harry Potter meets Clifford Geertz

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-100

  Neumann, Iver B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS NUPI   (Norway)

Author keywords

17th century; Fantasy; Harry Potter; Magic; Religion; Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746032543     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: 14603551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367549406060809     Document Type: Article

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