Postfeminism and Contemporary Vampire Romance : representations of Gender and Sexuality in Film and Television / Lea Gerhards.
| Author/creator |
Gerhards, Lea author. |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. |
| Distribution Info | [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | 1 online resource (256 pages). |
| Supplemental Content | Click here to view book |
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| Series | Library of Gender and Popular Culture Library of gender and popular culture. ^A1325767 |
| Contents | Introduction: The Cultural Politics of Contemporary Vampire Romance -- 1. More than a Backlash: The Contradictions of Postfeminist Culture -- 2. Paranormal Romance: A Quintessentially Postfeminist Genre? -- 3. The Politics of Looking: Female Protagonists between Subject and Object -- 4. Vampire Transformation as Makeover: The Making of Ideal Postfeminist Subjects -- 5. Fantasy Solutions to Postfeminist Culture: Vampire Heroes and Postfeminist Masculinity Conclusion: Paradoxical Pleasures -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Abstract | "In this book, Lea Gerhards traces connections between three recent vampire romance series; the Twilight film series (2008-2012), The Vampire Diaries (2009-2017) and True Blood (2008-2014), exploring their tremendous discursive and ideological power in order to understand the cultural politics of these extremely popular texts. She uses contemporary vampire romance to examine postfeminist ideologies and discuss gender, sexuality, subjectivity, agency and the body. Discussing a range of conflicting meanings contained in the narratives, Gerhards critically looks genre's engagement with everyday sexism and violence against women, power relations in heterosexual relationships, sexual autonomy and pleasure, (self-) empowerment, and (self-) surveillance. She asks: Why are these genre texts so popular right now, what specific desires, issues and fears are addressed and negotiated by them, and what kinds of pleasures do they offer?"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: 9781350215696 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN | 9781350215672 online |
| ISBN | 1350215678 |
| ISBN | 9781350215665 ePub |
| ISBN | 135021566X |
| ISBN | softback |
| ISBN | hardback |
| Standard identifier# | 10.5040/9781350215672 |
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