Twilight and Philosophy: Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Pursuit of Immortality
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Twilight and Philosophy: Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Pursuit of Immortality
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Overview
What can vampires tell us about the meaning of life?
Is Edward a romantic hero or a dangerous stalker?
Is Bella a feminist? Is Stephenie Meyer?
How does Stephenie Meyer’s Mormonism fit into the fantastical world of Twilight?
Is Jacob “better” for Bella than Edward?
The answers to these philosophical questions and more can be found inside Twilight and Philosophy: Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Pursuit of Immortality. With everything from Taoism to mind reading to the place of God in a world of vampires, this book offers some very tasty philosophy for both the living and the undead to sink their teeth into. Whether you’re on Team Edward or Team Jacob, whether you loved or hated Breaking Dawn, this book is for you!
To learn more about the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, visit www.andphilosophy.com
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780470484234 |
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| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication date: | 09/22/2009 |
| Series: | Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series , #15 |
| Pages: | 272 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d) |
About the Author
J. JEREMY WISNEWSKI is a professor of philosophy at Hartwick College, the coeditor of X-Men and Philosophy, and the editor of Family Guy and Philosophy and The Office and Philosophy.
WILLIAM IRWIN is a professor of philosophy at King’s College. He originated the philosophy and popular culture genre of books as coeditor of the bestselling The Simpsons and Philosophy and has overseen recent titles, including Batman and Philosophy, House and Philosophy, and Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy.
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Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Supernatural HumansWe Can’t Live Without xi
Introduction: Undead Wisdom 1
PART ONE TWILIGHT
1 You Look Good Enough to Eat: Love, Madness, and the Food Analogy 7George A. Dunn
2 Dying to Eat: The Vegetarian Ethics of Twilight 25Jean Kazez
3 Can a Vampire Be a Person? 39Nicolas Michaud
4 Carlisle: More Compassionate Than a Speeding Bullet? 49Andrew Terjesen and Jenny Terjesen
PART TWO NEW MOON
5 Vampire-Dämmerung: What Can Twilight Tell Us about God? 63Peter S. Fosl and Eli Fosl
6 To Bite or Not to Bite: Twilight, Immortality, and the Meaning of Life 79Brendan Shea
7 Mind Reading and Morality: The Moral Hazards of Being Edward 93Eric Silverman
8 Love and Authority among Wolves 107Sara Worley
PART THREE ECLIPSE
9 Bella Swan and Sarah Palin: All the Old Myths Are Not True 121Naomi Zack
10 Vampire Love: The Second Sex Negotiates the Twenty-first Century 131Bonnie Mann
11 Edward Cullen and Bella Swan: Byronic and Feminist Heroes . . . or Not 147Abigail E. Myers
12 Undead Patriarchy and the Possibility of Love 163Leah McClimans and J. Jeremy Wisnewski
13 The “Real” Danger: Fact vs. Fiction for the Girl Audience 177Rebecca Housel
PART FOUR BREAKING DAWN
14 Twilight of an Idol: Our Fatal Attraction to Vampires 193Jennifer L. McMahon
15 Bella’s Vampire Semiotics 209Dennis Knepp
16 Space, Time, and Vampire Ontology 219Philip Puszczalowski
17 For the Strength of Bella? Meyer, Vampires, and Mormonism 227Marc E. Shaw
18 The Tao of Jacob 237Rebecca Housel
CONTRIBUTORS: Ladies and Gentlemen, Introducing the Stars of Our Show, Humans, Vampires, and Shape-Shifters Alike 247
INDEX: For Those Who Can’t Read Minds 253