Bringing Light to Twilight: Perspectives on a Pop Culture Phenomenon by G. Anato

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The essays in this collection use the interpretative lens to interrogate the meanings of Meyer's books, making a compelling case for the cultural relevance of Twilight and providing insights on how we can "read" popular culture to our best advantage.

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The essays in this collection use the interpretative lens to interrogate the meanings of Meyer's books, making a compelling case for the cultural relevance of Twilight and providing insights on how we can "read" popular culture to our best advantage.

Notes

A jargon-free collection of essays for fans and literature students alike on the cultural and literary phenomenon of the Twilight series. In particular it engages the feminist debate surrounding Bella Swan: does she represent empowerment or passivity?

Author Biography

GISELLE LIZA ANATOL is Associate Professor of English at the University of Kansas, USA, and the editor of two previous books, Reading Harry Potter: Critical Essays (Praeger 2003) and Reading Harry Potter Again: New Critical Essays (Praeger 2009). She has published extensively on representations of motherhood in contemporary Caribbean literature, and representations of race and ethnicity in contemporary children's literature.  She has blogged about her research into the Twilight phenomenon for the University of Stirling's web forum, 'The Gothic Imagination.'

Table of Contents

Introduction; G.L.Anatol PART I: LITERARY CONTEXTS, PAST AND PRESENT The Wolf in the Woods: Representations of 'Little Red Riding Hood' in Twilight ; M.Kramar Textual Vampirism in the Twilight Saga: Drawing Feminist Life from Jane Eyre and Teen Fantasy Fiction; K.Deffenbacher & M.Zagoria-Moffet Serial Experiments in Popular Culture: The Resignification of Gothic Symbology in Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter and the Twilight Series; C.Veldman-Genz Twilight , Translated; K.Allen Gleed Variations, Subversions and Endless Love: Fan Fiction and the Twilight Saga; M.Lindgren Leavenworth True Blood Waits: The Romance of Law and Literature; M.Wallis PART II: GENDER AND SEXUALITY Wake Up, Bella! A Personal Essay on Twilight, Mormonism, Feminism, and Happiness; T.Dietz 'When you kiss me, I want to die': Arrested Feminism in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Twilight Series; R.Nicol 'One is not born a vampire, but becomes one': Motherhood, Masochism, and Male Mothering in Twilight ; M.Whitton Of Monsters and Men: Toxic Masculinity and the 21st-Century Vampire in the Twilight Saga; T.Bealer The Other Edward: Twilight's Queer Construction of the Vampire as Idealized Teenage Boyfriend; J.Somers & A.L.Hume PART III: CLASS, RACE, AND GREEN SPACE 'Embraced' by Consumption: Twilight and the Modern Construction of Gender; M.Goebel Fashion Sucks…Blood? Clothes and Covens in Twilight and Hollywood Culture; A.Chau Trailing in Jonathan Harker's Shadow: Bella as Modern-Day Ethnographer in Meyer's Twilight Novels; J.Ok Kim & G.L.Anatol The Great American Love Affair: Indians in the Twilight Saga; B.Burke Green is the New Black: Ecophobia and the Gothic Landscape in the Twilight Series; T.K.Parmiter

Review

"A timely collection of scholarly essays on Stephanie Meyer s enormously popular Twilight series which, for better or for worse, has fundamentally altered our reading and understanding of vampires . . .a valuable resource for academics and non-academics alike, not only to trace the cultural and literary impact of the Twilight series, but also to help provide clear literary analysis and cultural contextualization." - Franz J. Potter, Associate Professor, National University"Shattering the notion that Twilight is not worthy of academic study, Bringing Light to Twilight offers diverse array of approaches to the saga from a wide range of disciplines. An illuminating analysis of the series, this anthology is a discerning response to the Twilight phenomenon and a must-read for scholars of popular culture, media studies, and literature." - Natalie Wilson, author of Seduced by Twilight: The Allure and Contradictory Messages of the Popular Saga

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"This collection offers some thought-provoking and worthwhile contributions to anyone interested in Twilight scholarship . . . Some chapters will be accessible to fans and scholars alike . . . Given this mix, it seems likely that the collection will be of some interest to those beyond as well as those within academe." - Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts

Details ISBN0230110681 Short Title BRINGING LIGHT TO TWILIGHT Language English ISBN-10 0230110681 ISBN-13 9780230110687 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2011 Pages 248 DEWEY 813.6 Subtitle Perspectives on a Pop Culture Phenomenon Publication Date 2011-07-15 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2011-07-15 NZ Release Date 2011-07-15 UK Release Date 2011-07-15 Edited by G. Anatol Author G. Anatol Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Alternative 9780230110670 Illustrations 1 Illustrations, black and white; VII, 248 p. 1 illus. Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this

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