Seduced by Twilight

The Allure and Contradictory Messages of the Popular Saga

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga has maintained a tight grip on the contemporary cultural imagination. This timely and critical work examines how the Twilight series offers addictively appealing messages about love, romance, sex, beauty and body image, and how these charged themes interact with cultural issues regarding race, class, gender and sexuality. Through a careful analysis of the texts, the fandom and the current socio-historical climate, this work argues that the success of the Twilight series stems chiefly from Meyer's negotiation of cultural mores.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-04-08
Mått152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt345 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor242
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786460427

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Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction: A Post-Twilight World 1. The Allure of the Vampire, the Danger of the Wolf: Or, Why to Avoid Big, Bad Shape-shifters in Favor of Knights in Sparkling Armor 2. Bitten by Romance: Happy Twilight-Ever-After 3. Vamping Femininity: Twilight as (Anti?) Feminist Fairy Tale, Or, We Can’t All Be Slayers 4. The Dawning of New Men: Hegemonic Masculinity, Sparkly White Male Vampires, and Ab-tastic Wolves of Color 5. Sexuality Eclipsed: The Taming of Female Sexuality via Vampire Abstinence 6. The Soul of the Vampire: Sparkly Mormons, Female Eves, and Unconverted Wolves 7. Got Vampire Privilege? Or, Why You Should Marry an Undead White, Wealthy, Heterosexual Mormon 8. Consuming Desires: Can You Buy That Twilight Feeling? Conclusion: You Have a Choice, and It Need Not Be Edward or Jacob Chapter Notes Bibliography Index