Seduced by Twilight

<p> Stephenie Meyer's <I>Twilight</I> saga has maintained a tight grip on the contemporary cultural imagination. This timely and critical work examines how the <I>Twilight</I> series offers addictively appealing messages about love romance sex beauty and body image and how these charged themes interact with cultural issues regarding race class gender and sexuality. Through a careful analysis of the texts the fandom and the current socio-historical climate this work argues that the success of the <I>Twilight</I> series stems chiefly from Meyer's negotiation of cultural mores.</p>