{"product_id":"postfeminism-and-contemporary-vampire-romance-lea-gerhards-9781350215696","title":"Postfeminism and Contemporary Vampire Romance: Representations of Gender and Sexuality in Film and Television","description":"In this book, Lea Gerhards traces connections between three recent vampire romance series; the \u003ci\u003eTwilight\u003c\/i\u003efilm series (2008-2012), \u003ci\u003eThe Vampire Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e (2009-2017) and \u003ci\u003eTrue Blood\u003c\/i\u003e (2008-2014), exploring their tremendous discursive and ideological power in order to understand the cultural politics of these extremely popular texts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe uses contemporary vampire romance to examine postfeminist ideologies and discuss gender, sexuality, subjectivity, agency and the body. Discussing a range of conflicting meanings contained in the narratives, Gerhards critically looks genre's engagement with everyday sexism and violence against women, power relations in heterosexual relationships, sexual autonomy and pleasure, (self-) empowerment, and (self-) surveillance. She asks: Why are these genre texts so popular right now, what specific desires, issues and fears are addressed and negotiated by them, and what kinds of pleasures do they offer?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lea Gerhards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350215694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350215696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d","brand":"Lea Gerhards","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47452684779775,"sku":"9781350215696","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43518ce0-9dcb-43c6-8169-93dd26309d62.jpg?v=1761929914","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/postfeminism-and-contemporary-vampire-romance-lea-gerhards-9781350215696","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}