Focusing on the wildly successful Twilight series this collection of scholarly essays examines
the phenomenon from diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives. Particular attention
is paid to cultural social and economic aspects of the series and to the recurrent messages
about youth gender roles romance and sexuality. Essays discuss race and religion and
provide audience analyses of young adult adult anti- and international fans. Other chapters
are political-economic examinations into celebrity tourism and publishing. With new research
by established and rising scholars this volume is a significant contribution to the growing
field of youth studies and complements existing feminist cultural analyses of media texts.
