Genre: Fantasy and the middle class

Technecast

Jennifer Doveton is a postgraduate researcher in her second year at Brunel University. Her research is on middle-class subjectivity and moral value in British screen fantasy. At the moment she's looking at the Harry Potter film series and the His Dark Materials television series for markers of class in characterisation and narratives of upward mobility that reproduce neoliberal ideologies of individual aspiration. In this podcast Doveton takes a look at the role of the home in these portal fictions and how these spaces and places contribute to the interiority, class, individualism and ultimately the moral standing of their main characters. You can follow Jennifer on twitter here: @JDHDoveton and find her video essays on youtube under JDH Doveton: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqZMVlLA0y9FHBe4unzTbHwTechnecast:This episode is presented by Felix Clutson.The Technecast is funded by the Techne AHRC-DTP, and edited by Polly Hember, Julien Clin & Felix Clutson.Contact: [e-mail] / @technecast / @pollyhember / @ClinJulienRoyalty free music generously shared by Steve Oxen. FesliyanStudios.com