Harry Potter And Gender. Hermione is an intelligent young girl and is an adventurer in her own right. Judith Butlers theory on gender as something performative I have come to the conclusion that the Harry Potter novels both challenge and do not challenge the stereotypes of gender.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Harry Potter and the Discourse of Gender Journal of Adolescent Adult Literacy 524 2009. However Harry Potter isnt entirely a revolutionary project and at times panders to the same old narrative of binary genders performing assigned roles.
The first five Harry Potter books are clearly school stories.
By performing a close reading of the novels and by theorizing them with the help of Judith Butlers theory on gender as. You know for the amazing irony of the situation haha. And if that corny pun wasnt an. Consider this your Harry Potter Gender Reveal Potion.