Oral History / by acadine (PG-13)
Dec. 2nd, 2012 09:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
makoyiTitle: Oral History
Author:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
acadine
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairings: none
Genre: General
Length: Very Short
Author's Summary:
None given.
Review:
This fic is very short, but it gives a thoughtful glimpse into Padma's world view as a second-generation British-Indian (witch) in the Harry Potter universe. I'm kind of a sucker for any fic that deals well with ethnic identity, diaspora, and representations of history (which were the subjects of my Master's thesis). I especially like it in the Harry Potter universe where there's all that blood purity 'racism' going on and characters throw around the phrase "wizarding world" when they're only talking about magical Britain. And yet, this fic doesn't go on at length about issues that fill hundreds of textbooks and it doesn't use Padma's point of view to condemn the canon perspective. It's just a short story about one girl. It really does just enough to make you think and I like that about it.
Oral History (on lj)
Author:
acadine Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairings: none
Genre: General
Length: Very Short
Author's Summary:
None given.
Review:
This fic is very short, but it gives a thoughtful glimpse into Padma's world view as a second-generation British-Indian (witch) in the Harry Potter universe. I'm kind of a sucker for any fic that deals well with ethnic identity, diaspora, and representations of history (which were the subjects of my Master's thesis). I especially like it in the Harry Potter universe where there's all that blood purity 'racism' going on and characters throw around the phrase "wizarding world" when they're only talking about magical Britain. And yet, this fic doesn't go on at length about issues that fill hundreds of textbooks and it doesn't use Padma's point of view to condemn the canon perspective. It's just a short story about one girl. It really does just enough to make you think and I like that about it.
Oral History (on lj)