Open Accessromanticization of abstinence: Fan response to sexual restraint in the Twilight series
Author(s) -
Jennifer Stevens Aubrey,
Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz,
Melissa A. Click
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
transformative works and cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-2258
DOI - 10.3983/twc.2010.0216
Subject(s) - twilight , abstinence , romance , appeal , psychology , sexual abstinence , series (stratigraphy) , television series , gender studies , psychoanalysis , art , social psychology , sociology , media studies , political science , psychiatry , law , demography , paleontology , population , physics , astronomy , family planning , research methodology , biology
Meyer's Twilight series has been criticized for its regressive gender representations. To understand its continuing appeal, we problematize the messages of abstinence and romance in the series, and contextualize fans' response with a discussion of postfeminist culture