Interdisciplinary approaches to Twilight : studies in fiction, media, and a contemporary cultural experience / edited by Mariah Larsson & Ann Steiner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Larsson, Mariah, 1972-

Steiner, Ann, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vampires in literature.

Meyer, Stephenie, 1973---Criticism and interpretation.

Meyer, Stephenie.

Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- Twilight saga.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lund : Nordic Academic Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With contributions from various experts, this is an interdisciplinary approach to the global phenomenon that is the Twilight series, which has evolved well beyond the novels by Stephenie Meyer. This anthology contains in-depth film analyses, gender perspectives, economic and literary studies of the book market, and several articles on fans and fandom as well as contributions investigating vampire fiction traditions and vampire religious beliefs. A theoretically well-founded study, this volume maps the contemporary cultural experience surrounding

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Content; Acknowledgements ; Introduction; bodies and experiences; 1. The body project ; 2. Loving you is like loving the dead ; 3. 'I know what I saw' ; 4. Fear of ageing - negotiating age ; 5. Managing the self ; readers and fans; 6. Reading for plot, character, and pleasure ; 7. Gazing, initiating, desiring ; 8. Negotiating norms of gender and sexuality online ; 9. 'I want Twilight information to grow in my head' ; markets and media; 10. Living life her way ; 11. Gendered readings ; 12. Kidult readers ; 13. Selling, giving, sharing ; vampires

14. 'I'm with the vampires, of course' 15. Damnation or salvation? ; 16. The vampire as a religious phenomenon; Contributors ; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789187121173

9187121174

9789185509867

9185509868

OCLC:

796384546