The Twilight saga : exploring the global phenomenon /
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| Imprint: | Lanham, Maryland : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013. |
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| Description: | vi, 253 pages ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9914150 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I. Contextualizing Twilight's Appeal
- 1. Mythic Themes, Archetypes, and Metaphors: The Foundations of Twilight's Gross-Cultural Appeal
- 2. Manifest Destiny Forever: The Twilight Saga, History, and a Vampire's American Dream
- 3. Reading Twilight: Fandom, Romance, and Gender in the Age of Bella
- II. Twilight Audiences
- 4. "Twilight Moms" and the "Female Midlife Crisis": Life Transitions, Fantasy, and Fandom
- 5. Twilight and Twitter: An Ethnographic Study
- 6. Twilight Anti-Fans: "Real" Fans and "Real" Vampires
- III. Characters and Their Cultural Referents
- 7. Renesmee as (R)omantic Child: A Glimpse into Bella and Edward's Fairy Tale Cottage
- 8. Isabella Swan: A Twenty-First-Century Victorian Heroine?
- 9. "Doesn't He Own a Shirt?": Rivalry and Masculine Embodiment in Twilight
- IV. Issues of Gender, Sex, Class, and Race in Twilight
- 10. Chastity, Power, and Delayed Gratification: The Lure of Sex in the Twilight saga
- 11. Alice, Bella, and Economics: Financial Security and Class Mobility in Twilight
- 12. "I Know What You Are": A Philosophical Look at Race, Identity, and Mixed-Blood in the Twilight Universe
- V. Beyond the Twilight Universe
- 13. Mainstream Monsters: The Otherness of Humans in Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, and True Blood
- 14. Individuality and Collectivity in The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, and Twilight
- 15. From Twilight to Fifty Shades of Grey: Fan Fiction, Commercial Culture, and Grassroots Creativity
- Closing Thoughts
- Index
- About the Editor and Contributors
