[Commlist] CFP: Twilightaissance! (2nd call) edited volume

*Second call*
*CFP: /Twilightaissance/!*
Edited by: Wickham Clayton
The bulk of /Twilight/ scholarship is now nearly one to two decades old, 
however interest in the franchise has seen a significant resurgence in 
social media through memes, BookTok profiles, and a range of other 
online outlets. The younger millennials who were the target audiences 
for the books, films, marketing and merchandising are now adults looking 
back upon the series with nostalgia, and new young audiences are looking 
at the popular literature and cinema from that period with substantial 
curiosity.
Therefore, this collection is not proposing to retread the same ground 
as the limited number of books that have already analysed the franchise. 
Rather, this volume will consider this '/Twilightaissance', /using 
aesthetic and cultural theory, including discourses surrounding 
colonialism and indigeneity, gender and sexuality, and politiform. These 
theoretical perspectives will observe the franchise's nostalgising and 
what it says about our current world, consumption practices and mediasphere.
Proposals are invited on any topics that consider the /Twilight 
/franchise through retrospective and theoretical lenses, that help 
consider how, why and in what ways this phenomenon has regained 
attention. Topics may include, but are not limited to:

  * The memification of /The Twilight Saga/
  * The release, reception, and significance of /Midnight Sun/ to the
    continuing popularity of the franchise
  * Current, retrospective or nostalgic readings of the aesthetic form
    of the books and/or films
  * The music of /The Twilight Saga/ and its continued proliferation
  * BookTok and the legacy of /Twilight /in the current popularity of
    romantasy
  * Generational tension and the memory of /Twilight/
  * Critical and/or ironic current readings of problematic racial/ist
    and colonialist representation in the franchise (and how they differ
    from contemporary readings)
  * Gender, sexuality and the /Twilight/ Franchise
  * Parenthood, feminism and /Twilight/
  * /Twilight: /reflections on politics and form

Please submit *abstracts of 300 words* *plus a short bio* or *any 
questions or proposals* you may have to *Wickham Clayton* at 
_wickscripts@hotmail.com_ <mailto:(wickscripts /at/ hotmail.com)> or 
_gwickhamclayton@googlemail.com_ <mailto:(gwickhamclayton /at/ googlemail.com)>
Proposals should be submitted by Friday *2 October 2026*.

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