Material Girls7 Maalis 2023

Appendix: Holocaust Studies with Andrea Dara Cooper

Welcome back to our Appendix Season — a chance to look at the Harry Potter series as a whole.

In this episode we bring in a guest, Andrea Dara Cooper (she/her), to talk about Holocaust Studies. Andrea is Associate Professor and Leonard and Tobee Kaplan Scholar in Modern Jewish Thought and Culture at UNC-Chapel Hill — and she is the author of Gendering Modern Jewish Thought (Indiana University Press, 2021). Tune in for a conversation about the function of allegory in Harry Potter. When does it work in this series? When does it fall short? What are the political implications of relying on the Holocaust to make new meaning in a fantasy world both chock full of stereotypes and severely lacking in diversity? If you enjoyed our episodes on Animal Studies, Eugenics, and Werewolves as Metaphor (just to name a few!), this is required listening!

Note: Hannah's computer crashed while recording so we apologize for the poor quality of her sound!

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The Vampire Podcast: Episode 4, The Devil's Road

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Obsession x Incel Horror

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The Vampire Podcast: Episode 3, Toronto

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Material Concerns: The Return of the Coach Pt. I

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The Vampire Podcast: Episode 2, Toledo

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Material Concerns: The Sausage Report Pt. I

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