| Bitten by Twilight: Youth Culture, Media, and the Vampire Franchise Contributor(s): Mazzarella, Sharon R. (Editor), Click, Melissa A. (Editor), Stevens Aubrey, Jennifer (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1433108933 ISBN-13: 9781433108938 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $155.66 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 813.6 |
| LCCN: 2010014173 |
| Series: Mediated Youth |
| Physical Information: 302 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Focusing on the wildly successful Twilight series, this collection of scholarly essays examines the phenomenon from diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives. Particular attention is paid to cultural, social, and economic aspects of the series and to the recurrent messages about youth, gender roles, romance, and sexuality. Essays discuss race and religion, and provide audience analyses of young adult, adult, anti-, and international fans. Other chapters are political-economic examinations into celebrity, tourism, and publishing. With new research by established and rising scholars, this volume is a significant contribution to the growing field of youth studies and complements existing feminist cultural analyses of media texts. |