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Review: Wilson, Seduced By Twilight
5 May 2011
By MPBridgeman
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Format:Paperback
Natalie Wilson's book Seduced by Twilight provides an excellent examination of the pop culture phenomenon know as Twilight. Countering the simplistic reactions to this incredibly popular series in the media and some feminist scholarship, Wilson presents a nuanced exploration of both the conservative and subversive aspects of the texts. She avoids the trap of constructing Twilight readers as cultural dupes passively consuming a straight-forward conservative message, rather she respectfully considers the contradictory messages at work both in Twilight and in the wider American cultural imagination. In this way she roots her analysis in specific sociohistorical contexts. This lends her work greater impact, as Twilight is used as a lens through which cultural understandings of difference are refracted.
This book is required reading for anyone working in the area of 21st century feminist popular cultural criticism and would also be of interest to those fascinated by Twilight but feeling somewhat uneasy about that very fascination. Well-researched, well written, and highly engaging, it was a pleasure being Seduced By Twilight.
This book is required reading for anyone working in the area of 21st century feminist popular cultural criticism and would also be of interest to those fascinated by Twilight but feeling somewhat uneasy about that very fascination. Well-researched, well written, and highly engaging, it was a pleasure being Seduced By Twilight.
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Engrossing Read
6 Nov 2011
By Andrea R. Greenwood
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Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book offers some fascinating insights up until the last few chapters, where in the author contradics many of the things she said earlier in the book. The conclusion she ultimately comes to also feels like a bit of a cop-out.
It also irked me that she completely ignored the large percentage of females who dislike Twilight and instead resorted to the typical assumption that all people who hate Twilight are male and all hatred of Twilight stems from the fact that it's "a girl thing." I think that, in ignoring the large faction of female Twi-haters who dislike the books on their on merit (after having actually read them) as well as the variety of reasons a person might dislike Twilight, the author neglected to discuss a huge portion of the books sociological and cultural impact and made her bias in the books favor painfully clear. This is ironic, since most female Twi-haters dislike the same things about the series that the author does.
It also irked me that she completely ignored the large percentage of females who dislike Twilight and instead resorted to the typical assumption that all people who hate Twilight are male and all hatred of Twilight stems from the fact that it's "a girl thing." I think that, in ignoring the large faction of female Twi-haters who dislike the books on their on merit (after having actually read them) as well as the variety of reasons a person might dislike Twilight, the author neglected to discuss a huge portion of the books sociological and cultural impact and made her bias in the books favor painfully clear. This is ironic, since most female Twi-haters dislike the same things about the series that the author does.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Seduced by Natalie Wilson
20 May 2011
By James
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Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have to start by raving about this author. She was able to create an educational and insightful book that was interesting to read. Her writing is phenomenal. I am anxious to see what else we see from this author.
This book takes a critical and thoughtful look at the messages presented in the Twilight saga that are accepted as the norm. Inspiring us to think more deeply about what this series is truly stating. Not to mention who this is series is targeted to! Thank you for opening our minds about things that are so often over looked!
This book takes a critical and thoughtful look at the messages presented in the Twilight saga that are accepted as the norm. Inspiring us to think more deeply about what this series is truly stating. Not to mention who this is series is targeted to! Thank you for opening our minds about things that are so often over looked!
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