Twilight and philosophy [Elektronisk resurs] vampires, vegetarians, and the pursuit of immortality / edited by Rebecca Housel and J. Jeremy Wisnewski.

• Twilight and Philosophy: Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Pursuit of Immortality; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Part I: TWILIGHT; Chapter 1: YOU LOOK GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT: LOVE, MADNESS, AND THE FOOD ANALOGY; Chapter 2: DYING TO EAT: THE VEGETARIAN ETHICS OF TWILIGHT; Chapter 3: CAN A VAMPIRE BE A PERSON?; Chapter 4: CARLISLE: MORE COMPASSIONATE THAN A SPEEDING BULLET?; Part II: NEW MOON; Chapter 5: VAMPIRE-DÄMMERUNG: WHAT CAN TWILIGHT TELL US ABOUT GOD?; Chapter 6: TO BITE OR NOT TO BITE: TWILIGHT, IMMORTALITY, AND THE MEANING OF LIFE. 
• Chapter 7: MIND READING AND MORALITY: THE MORAL HAZARDS OF BEING EDWARDChapter 8: LOVE AND AUTHORITY AMONG WOLVES; Part III: ECLIPSE; Chapter 9: BELLA SWAN AND SARAH PALIN: ALL THE OLD MYTHS ARE NOT TRUE; Chapter 10: VAMPIRE LOVE: THE SECOND SEX NEGOTIATES THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY; Chapter 11: EDWARD CULLEN AND BELLA SWAN: BYRONIC AND FEMINIST HEROES... OR NOT; Chapter 12: UNDEAD PATRIARCHY AND THE POSSIBILITY OF LOVE; Chapter 13: THE "REAL" DANGER: FACT VS. FIC. 

• The first look at the philosophy behind Stephenie Meyer's bestselling Twilight series. Bella and Edward, and their family and friends, have faced countless dangers and philosophical dilemmas in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels. This book is the first to explore them, drawing on the wisdom of philosophical heavyweights to answer essential questions such as: What do the struggles of "vegetarian" vampires who control their biological urge for human blood say about free will? Are vampires morally absolved if they kill only animals and not people? From a feminist perspective, is Edward a 

Ämnesord

Odödlighet i litteraturen  (sao)

Vampyrer i litteraturen  (sao)

Filosofi i litteraturen  (LCSH)

Religion i litteraturen  (LCSH)

Vampires in literature.  (LCSH)

Immortality in literature.  (LCSH)

Immortality (Philosophy)  (LCSH)

Philosophy in literature.  (LCSH)

Immortality in literature  (LCSH)

Vampires in literature  (LCSH)

Genre

Electronic books.  (LCSH)

Namn/titel

Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- .: Twilight saga series 

Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- .: Twilightserien 

Titel

Twilight ( US/UK, Catherine Hardwicke, 2008)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

G Litteraturvetenskap

G.096z Litteraturhistoria: skönlitteratur med särskilda motiv

Klassifikation

813.6 (DDC)

791.4372 (DDC)

G (kssb/8)

G.096z Vampyrer (kssb/8)