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 Info | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2009. |
| Description | xii, 259 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | The 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009030809 |
| ISBN | 9780470484234 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0470484233 (pbk.) |