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Theorizing Twilight: Critical Essays on What's at Stake in a Post-Vampire World

Natalie Wilson & Maggie Parke

First published 2011
Series Twilight / New MoonTwilight non-fiction
Publisher McFarland & Company
Format Trade Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Cover art David K. Landis
Pages 253
Price $29.95
ISBN 9780786463503

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  • This book is seperated into three parts: ● Part One: Twilight as Pop Cultural Artifact: Pilgrimages, Fan Culture, and Film Adaptations. ● Part Two: Once Upon a Twilight: Fairy Fales, Byronic (Anti) Heroes, Post-Feminist Romance, and Growing Up in a Twilight World. ● Part Three: Twilight Through an Intersectional Lens: Patriarchy, White Privilege, Heteronormativity, Rape, Culture, Religion.

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Introduction (Theorizing Twilight) Natalie Wilson & Maggie Parke Essay
11 The Vampire Capital of the World: Commerce and Enchantment in Forks, Washington Tanya Erzen Essay
25 Fanpires: Utilizing Fan Culture in Event Film Adaptations Maggie Parke Essay
41 The Hero and the Id: A Psychoanalytic Inquiry into the Popularity of Twilight Heather Anastasiu Essay
56 Someday My Vampire Will Come? Society's (and the Media's) Lovesick Infatuation with Prince-Like Vampires Colette Murphy Essay
70 Team Bella: Fans Navigating Desire, Security, and Feminism Ananya Mukherjea Essay
87 "How Old Are You?" Representations of Age in the Saga Ashley Benning Essay
102 Read Only as Directed: Psychology, Intertextuality, and Hyperreality in the Series Angela Tenga Essay
117 Torn Between Two Lovers: Twilight Tames Wuthering Heights Sarah Wakefield Essay
132 Rewriting the Byronic Hero: How the Twilight Saga Turned "Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know" into a Teen Fiction Phenomenon Jessica Groper Essay
147 Post-Feminist Romance: Love, Gender and Intertextuality in Stephenie Meyer's Saga Hila Shachar Essay
165 Maybe Edward is the Most Dangerous Thing Out There: The Role of Patriarchy Melissa Miller Essay
178 Denial and Salvation: The Twilight Series and Heteronormative Patriarchy Ashley Donnelly Essay
194 It's a Wolf Thing: The Quileute Werewolf/Shape-Shifter Hybrid as Noble Savage Natalie Wilson Essay
209 Violence, Agency, and the Women of Twilight Anne Torkelson Essay
224 Un-Biting the Apple and Killing the Womb: Genesis, Gender, and Gynocide Lindsey Issow Averill Essay
239 About the Contributors (Theorizing Twilight) uncredited Essay
243 Index (Theorizing Twilight) uncredited Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Theorizing Twilight: Critical Essays on What's at Stake in a Post-Vampire World Cover 2011 McFarland & Company eBook Nonfiction David K. Landis