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1 online resource (82 pages) |
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In the Twilight of Patriarchal Culture; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Tracing Bella's Subjectivity: Ideal Love as the only Way Out; 3. Edward and Jacob: magnets with reversed polarities or two poles of Bella's existence?; 4. The Cullen Vampires: the ideal family and its enemies; 4.1. Carlisle and Edward Cullen; 4.2. Esme Cullen; 4.3. Rosalie Cullen; 4.4. Alice Cullen; 4.5. The Cullens' Enemies: The Volturi and Victoria; 5. Quileute Legends: re-affirming patriarchal myths; 6. The Power of Abstinence?; 7. The Dawn of Bella's Immortality |
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7.1. Bella's transformations: marriage, pregnancy, motherhood7.2. Bella's new life: motherhood and other talents; 7.3. Renesmee: link between binaries, threat to the patriarchal order; 8. Twilight as Modern Fairy Tale: patriarchal myths reflected in the saga; 8.1. Little Red Riding Hood; 8.2. The Little Mermaid; 8.3. The Genesis; 9. Intertextuality: The Twilight Saga and Wuthering Heights; 10. Conclusion; 11. Bibliography |
| Summary |
Hauptbeschreibung The book investigates Meyer's popular Twilight saga from a feminist point of view, focusing on the development of Bella's character and her quest for identity in a rigidly patriarchal world. Bella's life is entirely determined by the two central male characters who form a polarized axis which slowly tears her apart. Bella's low self-esteem and her strong attachment to the over-idealized Edward Cullen are read as symptoms of her placelessness in a world that does not grant her space to develop as an autonomous subject. Bella's wish to become a vampire can be equalle |
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Cover title |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
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Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- Twilight.
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| SUBJECT |
Twilight (Meyer, Stephenie) fast |
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Women -- Identity.
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Women -- Psychology.
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Women -- Social conditions.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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Women -- Identity
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Women -- Psychology
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Women -- Social conditions
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783954895199 |
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3954895196 |
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