Bringing Light to Twilight

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Perspectives on a Pop Culture Phenomenon

ISBN: 0230110673
ISBN 13: 9780230110670
Herausgeber: G Anatol
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: vii, 248 S., 1 s/w Illustr., 248 p. 1 illus.
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.07.2011
Auflage: 1/2011
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: Gebunden

CONTEMPORARY: The incredible popularity of the Twilight series and other vampire novels, TV shows, and movies makes the book exceptionally timelyCONTROVERSIAL: Twilight is the subject of a raging feminist debate – is protagonist Bella Swan a character who encourages young women’s empowerment or their passivity? This volume takes up the question in earnest, promoting debate within its pages. It also engages with another persistently divisive question in the field of literature – how do we approach popular commercial fiction that is often considered „trash“ by the academic establishment? ACCESSIBLE: Reading Twilight will be written in a jargon-free style that makes the book perfect for undergraduate courses and non-academic readershipsGREAT FOR COURSES: Reading Twilight is organized around teaching topics, and presents an array of theoretical perspectives that make it an ideal secondary text for courses in Children’s and YA literature; courses on the figure of the vampire and the legacy of Gothic fiction; and cultural/media studies coursesCUTTING-EDGE: Even as it is accessible, the eclectic, groundbreaking theoretical perspectives on offer here are truly innovative, providing interdisciplinary perspectives from the fields of semiotics, anthropology, ecocriticism, and translation studies

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Beschreibung

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.

Autorenporträt

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.'

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