Fanpire

<p> Tanya Erzen ventures into 'the Twilight zone' in this compelling and ultimately sympathetic foray into fan culture, exploring the appeal of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight books and movies in a postfeminist age. Erzen argues that what fans do with a text is as important as, or even more important than, the text itself. Part Cinderella Ate My Daughter and part Reviving Ophelia, Erzen's book is my own personal brand of heroin. --Jana Riess, author of What Would Buffy Do? and Flunking Sainthood <br> <br> Tanya Erzen's Fanpire provides a much-needed portrait of the girls and women who love Twilight. From how the series appeals to girl's and women's ideas of pleasure, power, and romance, to the ways in which the love of these books has forged communities and friendships among women, Erzen's window into these subjects is both sympathetic and critical. Fanpire is sure to fascinate and, at times, trouble, anyone interested in the lives of girls and women today. --Donna Freitas, author of Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance and Religion on America's College Campuses <br> <br> The Twilight phenomenon is too vast and strange to be ignored. Tanya Erzen digs deep into the fandom and finds the confused, the grasping, and even the self-assured among them. It's always odd, like a horror book should be, but never boring. --Amanda Marcotte, author of It's a Jungle Out There <br> A thought-provoking and entertaining take on the Twilight phenomenon. <br>-- Publishers Weekly <br> <br> In this carefully researched and insightful account of Twilighters, Twi-Moms, WussPerv writers, and other participants in the Twilight universe, Tanya Erzen explores the complicated waterways of Twilight fandom. Listening and engaging with fans of all ages, Erzen's account of the Twilight empire and the girls and women who love it opens up new ways of thinking about the gendered dimensions of romance, the persistence of the genre among female fans, g