On liberals and Harry Potter:https://spottedtoad.wordpress.com/2017/02/06/getting-your-owl/ …
-
-
Replying to @DouthatNYT
The Potter stories are also one of many examples of upper-middlebrow narratives that trade on nostalgia for a more conservative culture ...
8 replies 26 retweets 61 likes -
Replying to @DouthatNYT
... while revising said culture to make it fit in more w/current norms. See Downton Abbey, w/its implausibly progressive-minded lords, etc.
8 replies 19 retweets 80 likes -
Replying to @DouthatNYT
Audiences also have a (Tocquevillian?) fondness for stories about cultures poised/balanced between current modernity and some ancien regime.
4 replies 6 retweets 36 likes -
Replying to @DouthatNYT
"Call the Midwife," for instance: A mostly fond/sometimes freaked-out look at big families and religious health care *just* before the '60s.
7 replies 5 retweets 18 likes -
Replying to @DouthatNYT
You should weigh in on the question of whether America's current elite is (unusually) unlettered and culturally bankrupt, Ross.
2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes -
Replying to @QuasLacrimas @DouthatNYT
Baby steps. We need the mainstream acknowledging HPQ first without scaring them away.
1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.