The girlie-wolf--good for nothing: Twilight and the Anti-Feminist She-Wolf

 

When: July 2017

Where: Supernatural Studies | Print/Open Access Online

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Abstract: Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga has been an international phenomenon, yielding much debate about the agency of the heroine. Though a minor character, Leah Clearwater is acharacter worth studying and an ideal lens through which to examine the series, as she occupies a unique space within the world and narrative: she is the only she-wolf in the Quileute pack. This essay argues that an analytical focus on Leah Clearwater reveals that the Twilight saga, by cultural and authorial definitions, fails as a feminist piece.

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Keywords: Gothic, female werewolf, feminist post-colonialism, Twilight