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.

A jargon-free collections of essays for fans and scholars alike on the cultural and 'literary' phenomenon of the Twilight series

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