The psychology of Twilight
By: edited by E. David Klonsky and Alexis Black with Leah Wilson
Publisher: Smart Pop/BenBella Books; Smart Pop
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Dallas, Tex; [Jackson, Tenn.] : Distributed by Perseus Distribution
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781936661121
Subjects: PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology
Description: " It doesn't take a trained psychologist to see that the Twilight Saga has tapped into its readers' psyches, but psychology has plenty to offer when it comes to understanding what makes Twilight so dearly loved.  Led by husband-and-wife team E. David Klonksy, PhD, and Alexis Black, the psychologists contributing to The Psychology of Twilight look at love, family, vampires, werewolves, and our Twilight obsession, and offer more than a dozen fascination new angles on the series--just in time for the November 2011 release of Breaking Dawn, part one.  Why Edward captivates Bella (it's not the perfect face or chiseled abs--it's as chemical as Edward's attraction to the smell of Bella's blood)   Vampirism as eating disorder (and what we can learn from how the Cullens cope)   Twilight's rejection of strict dualities like good/evil and human/monster and what that has to do with the way our minds process experience and information   The psychological benefits of Twilight fandom. and more fresh insights into the series that's enthralled millions"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Team Jacob / Erica Berg; title: The Case for Edward Cullen / Susan Carnell; title: Bella and the Psychobiology of Love and Attraction / David A. Frederick, et al; title: Team Edward vs Team Jacob : Prejudice in Twilight / Melissa Burkley; title: Self-Regulating : The Secret to Success in Twilight / Jeremy Clyman; title: Vegetarian Vamps / Robin Rosenberg; title: Transcendence and Twilight / Tamara Greenburg; title: Motorcycles, and Strangers, and Cliff Diving! Oh, my! / Catherine Glenn; title: It's All in the Family / Lisa Dinella and Gary Lewandowski; title: The Gestalt of Twilight / Mikhail Lyubanksy; title: The Emotional Pleasures of Reading Twilight / Peter Stromberg; title: The Twilight Convergence / Pamela Rutledge.