The Twilight saga exploring the global phenomenon

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionClaudia Bucciferro, Editor I. Contextualizing Twilight's Appeal1. Mythic Themes, Archetypes, and Metaphors: The Foundations of Twilight's Cross-Cultural AppealClaudia Bucciferro2. Manifest Destiny Forever: The Twilight Saga, History, and a Vampire's American DreamMichelle Maloney-Mangold3. Reading Twilight: Fandom, Romance, and Gender in the Age of BellaBarbara Chambers and Robert PeasleeII. Twilight Audiences4. "Twilight Moms" and the "Female Midlife Crisis": Life Transitions, Fantasy, and FandomLaura K. Dorsey-Elson5. Twilight and Twitter: An Ethnographic StudyMichelle Groover6. Twilight Anti-fans: "Real" Fans and "Real" VampiresVictoria GodwinIII. Characters and Their Cultural Referents7. Renesmee as (R)omantic Child: A Glimpse into Bella and Edward's Fairy Tale CottageLisa Nevarez8. Isabella Swan: A Twenty-First Century Victorian Heroine?Gaiane Hanser 9. "Doesn't He Own a Shirt?": Rivalry and Masculine Embodiment in TwilightNicole WillmsIV. Issues of Gender, Sex, Class, and Race in Twilight10. Chastity, Power, and Delayed Gratification: The Lure of Sex in the Twilight SagaBrynn Buskirk11. Alice, Bella, and Economics: Financial Security and Class Mobility in TwilightPaul Lucas12. "I Know What You Are": A Philosophical Look at Race, Identity, and Mixed-Blood in the Twilight UniverseMichelle BernardV. Beyond the Twilight Universe13. Mainstream Monsters: The Otherness of Humans in Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, and True BloodEmma Somogyi and Mark David Ryan14. Individuality and Collectivity in The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, and TwilightLisa Weckerle15. From Twilight to Fifty Shades of Grey: Fan Fiction, Commercial Culture, and Grassroots CreativitySonia Baelo-AllueClosing ThoughtsClaudia BucciferroIndexAbout the Editor and Contributors