A vampire and a damsel in distress
The film Twilight produced by Wyck Godfrey, Mark Morgan and Greg Mooradian and directed by Catherine Hardwicke, enjoyed global box office success, and proved particularly popular with female filmgoers. Despite the commercial success of the film, it was derided specifically by feminist critics for i...
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The film Twilight produced by Wyck Godfrey, Mark Morgan and Greg Mooradian and directed
by Catherine Hardwicke, enjoyed global box office success, and proved particularly popular
with female filmgoers. Despite the commercial success of the film, it was derided specifically
by feminist critics for its portrayal of women and heterosexual relationships. Within the context
of postfeminist views of gender roles, this article explores how selected female South African
viewers’ between the ages of 18 and 45 living in Johannesburg perceived the romance between
Edward and Bella in the film Twilight (2008). Participants were divided into age-determined focus
groups and each participant completed a questionnaire containing a list of questions around the
genre of the film, their feelings about individual characters and their reasons for watching the film.
Interview data in the form of quotes from individual participants has been included in the article.
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| spelling | doaj-art-8b9b48e6f11a498790e35099879d765b2025-01-20T08:55:08ZengUniversity of JohannesburgCommunicare0259-00692957-79502022-10-0135110.36615/jcsa.v35i1.1603A vampire and a damsel in distressMichele Tager0Lauren Nell1University of JohannesburgUniversity of Johannesburg The film Twilight produced by Wyck Godfrey, Mark Morgan and Greg Mooradian and directed by Catherine Hardwicke, enjoyed global box office success, and proved particularly popular with female filmgoers. Despite the commercial success of the film, it was derided specifically by feminist critics for its portrayal of women and heterosexual relationships. Within the context of postfeminist views of gender roles, this article explores how selected female South African viewers’ between the ages of 18 and 45 living in Johannesburg perceived the romance between Edward and Bella in the film Twilight (2008). Participants were divided into age-determined focus groups and each participant completed a questionnaire containing a list of questions around the genre of the film, their feelings about individual characters and their reasons for watching the film. Interview data in the form of quotes from individual participants has been included in the article. https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/1603Twilight (2008)female South African viewerswomen and heterosexual relationshipsperceived the romance |
| spellingShingle | Michele Tager Lauren Nell A vampire and a damsel in distress Communicare Twilight (2008) female South African viewers women and heterosexual relationships perceived the romance |
| title | A vampire and a damsel in distress |
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| topic | Twilight (2008) female South African viewers women and heterosexual relationships perceived the romance |
| url | https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/1603 |
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