Twilight and philosophy : vampires, vegetarians, and the pursuit of immortality / edited by Rebecca Housel and J. Jeremy Wisnewski.

Other author Housel, Rebecca.
Other author Wisnewski, Jeremy.
Format Book
Publication InfoHoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2009.
Descriptionxii, 259 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesThe Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series
Blackwell philosophy and popculture series. ^A719544
Contents Twilight. You look good enough to eat: love, madness, and the food analogy / George A. Dunn ; Dying to eat: the vegetarian ethics of Twilight / Jean Kazez ; Can a vampire be a person? / Nicholas Michaud ; Carlisle: more compassionate than a speeding bullet? / Andrew Terjesen and Jenny Terjesen -- New moon. Vampire-Dämmerung: what can Twilight tell us about God? / Peter S. Fosl and Eli Fosl ; To bite or not to bite: Twilight, immortality, and the meaning of life / Brendan Shea ; Mind reading and morality: the moral hazards of being Edward / Eric Silverman ; Love and authority among wolves / Sara Worley -- Eclipse. Bella Swan and Sarah Palin: all the old myths are not true / Naomi Zack ; Vampire love: the second sex negotiates the twenty-first century / Bonnie Mann ; Edward Cullen and Bella Swan: Byronic and feminist heroes... or not / Abigail E. Myers ; Undead patriarchy and the possibility of love / Leah McClimans and J. Jeremy Wisnewski ; The "real" danger: fact vs. fiction for the girl audience / Rebecca Housel -- Breaking dawn. Twilight of an idol: our fatal attraction to vampires / Jennifer L. McMahon ; Bella's vampires semiotics / Dennis Knepp ; Space, time, and vampire ontology / Philip Puszczalowski ; For the strength of Bella? Meyer, vampires, and Mormonism / Marc E. Shaw ; The Tao of Jacob / Rebecca Housel.
Abstract With everything from Taoism to mind reading to the place of God in a world of vampires, this book offers some very tasty philosophy for both the living and the undead to sink their teeth into.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009030809
ISBN9780470484234 (pbk.)
ISBN0470484233 (pbk.)