Young-Adult Fantasy Literature as a Tool of Political Socialization: Harry Potter Book Heptalogy
Young-adult fantasy may affect the political socialization of their target audience. Teenagers gain knowledge about politics before they obtain actual political experience. Such popular fiction as the Harry Potter series may impose basic political attitudes that will define subsequent political soci...
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| author | Anton Yu. Krasnoperov Milena V. Verigina |
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| description | Young-adult fantasy may affect the political socialization of their target audience. Teenagers gain knowledge about politics before they obtain actual political experience. Such popular fiction as the Harry Potter series may impose basic political attitudes that will define subsequent political socialization in adult life. Books that teenagers see as important should be analyzed for possible impact on political behavior. The problem remains understudied in relation to Russian teenagers against the background of geopolitical tensions and cultural conflict with the global West. Russian teenagers tend to demonstrate low political involvement. The study contributes to the understanding of the political culture of youth and the potential impact it experiences from popular young-adult literature. The authors analyzed the political system of the Harry Potter universe. The discourse analysis relied on the system of political orientations proposed by G. Almond and S. Verba. The heptalogy promotes a negative image of the state and political processes, with an emphasis on the injustices and unfairness of the law. The political landscape develops negative political attitudes, which might turn into political passivity or protest. On the other hand, the books promote tolerance towards others. The social impact is aggravated in fanfiction domain, where readers interiorize the fictional political landscape by offering their own interpretations of the canonic plot. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3e295991fbed4cf68df20af0fbe489112025-08-20T02:54:26ZengKemerovo State UniversityВестник Кемеровского государственного университета. Серия: политические, социологические и экономические науки2500-33722542-11902025-03-01101303710.21603/2500-3372-2025-10-1-30-37Young-Adult Fantasy Literature as a Tool of Political Socialization: Harry Potter Book HeptalogyAnton Yu. Krasnoperov0https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6310-8249Milena V. Verigina1National Research Tomsk State UniversityNational Research Tomsk State UniversityYoung-adult fantasy may affect the political socialization of their target audience. Teenagers gain knowledge about politics before they obtain actual political experience. Such popular fiction as the Harry Potter series may impose basic political attitudes that will define subsequent political socialization in adult life. Books that teenagers see as important should be analyzed for possible impact on political behavior. The problem remains understudied in relation to Russian teenagers against the background of geopolitical tensions and cultural conflict with the global West. Russian teenagers tend to demonstrate low political involvement. The study contributes to the understanding of the political culture of youth and the potential impact it experiences from popular young-adult literature. The authors analyzed the political system of the Harry Potter universe. The discourse analysis relied on the system of political orientations proposed by G. Almond and S. Verba. The heptalogy promotes a negative image of the state and political processes, with an emphasis on the injustices and unfairness of the law. The political landscape develops negative political attitudes, which might turn into political passivity or protest. On the other hand, the books promote tolerance towards others. The social impact is aggravated in fanfiction domain, where readers interiorize the fictional political landscape by offering their own interpretations of the canonic plot.fantasypolitical socializationharry potterteenagerspoliticspolitical world |
| spellingShingle | Anton Yu. Krasnoperov Milena V. Verigina Young-Adult Fantasy Literature as a Tool of Political Socialization: Harry Potter Book Heptalogy Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета. Серия: политические, социологические и экономические науки fantasy political socialization harry potter teenagers politics political world |
| title | Young-Adult Fantasy Literature as a Tool of Political Socialization: Harry Potter Book Heptalogy |
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