Romanticizing Conversion Narratives: Women, Change, and Female Agency in Twilight and Joseph and Aseneth

Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series recounts the conversion of the female protagonist, Bella, from human to vampire. This conversion is reminiscent of an earlier tale of conversion in the Second Temple apocryphal account Joseph and Aseneth. This article argues that both works can be understood as...

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Main Author: Howard, Melanie A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Saskatchewan [2019]
In: Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2019, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 127-138
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Meyer, Stephenie 1973-, Twilight saga series / Conversion (Religion) / Idealization / Joseph and Aseneth
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
CD Christianity and Culture
HD Early Judaism
Further subjects:B Women
B Agency
B vampire
B Twilight
B Aseneth
B Conversion
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