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

Förbättrade beskrivningar från Syndetics:

The Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer have developed from a book series into a powerful phenomenon with an astonishing impact. Not only have the books been adapted for the screen, but they have also spawned a huge number of works by fans, readers, reviewers, and scholars. The multi-faceted "Interdisciplinary Approaches to Twilight" brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines in order to address the key themes in the complex global phenomenon that is Twilight; a phenomenon that transcends the boundaries between continents, generations, and producers and consumers, and not least between different genres and media. The authors present in-depth literary and film analyses, and shed new light on perspectives on gender, fandom, vampire fiction and the economics of the book market. The book fills a void in Twilight research, and, linked by their cutting-edge research and unique theoretical and analytical perspectives, the authors compellingly map a massive global experience that speaks to the realities of contemporary culture.

Innehållsförteckning levererad av Syndetics

• Acknowledgements (p. 7)
• Introduction (p. 9)
• Bodies and Experiences
• 1 The body project (p. 29)
• 2 Loving you is like loving the dead 47 Eroticization of the dead body (p. 47)
• 3 'I know what I saw' The female gaze and the male object of desire (p. 63)
• 4 Fear of ageing - negotiating age (p. 81)
• 5 Managing the self A study of katabasis in Twilight (p. 97)
• Readers and Fans
• 6 Reading for plot, character, and pleasure (p. 111)
• 7 Gazing, initiating, desiring Alternative constructions of agency and sex in Twifics (p. 127)
• 8 Negotiating norms of gender and sexuality online (p. 143)
• 9 'I want Twilight information to grow in my head' Convergence culture from a fan perspective (p. 159)
• Markets and Media
• 10 Living life her way: The multifunctionality of the film-star interview (p. 177)
• 11 Gendered readings: Bella's books and literary consumer culture (p. 195)
• 12 Kidult readers: The cross-generational appeal of Harry Potter and Twilight
• 13 Selling, giving, sharing: Stephenie Meyer's logic of authorship in literary market success
• Vampires
• 14 'I'm with the vampires, of course' Twilight novels and films as vampire stories (p. 247)
• 15 Damnation or salvation? Vampire ethics, Edward Cullen, and the Byronic hero (p. 263)
• 16 The vampire as a religious phenomenon (p. 279)
• Contributors (p. 297)
• Index (p. 301)