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A review by littlebookterror
The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
informative
3.5
While I think her hypothesis is correct, her argumentation is pretty weak.
Other people have already mentioned it but the simple fact she only highlights four big series (TVD, HP, Merlin, THG) and barely mentions anything else to prop up her argumentation, is not very good.
It has some excellent points and captures a specific moment in time in the fast-changing landscape that is TV, social media and fandom.
It get's a little too personal for me in the last chapter for an academic piece of nonfiction but I do value her opinion as someone who was actually in these fandom spaces. I'd also wished she'd done more than just name-dropped people but actually discussed their works and theories and incorporated it into her essays.
Other people have already mentioned it but the simple fact she only highlights four big series (TVD, HP, Merlin, THG) and barely mentions anything else to prop up her argumentation, is not very good.
It has some excellent points and captures a specific moment in time in the fast-changing landscape that is TV, social media and fandom.
It get's a little too personal for me in the last chapter for an academic piece of nonfiction but I do value her opinion as someone who was actually in these fandom spaces. I'd also wished she'd done more than just name-dropped people but actually discussed their works and theories and incorporated it into her essays.