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Book SynopsisYou've read the books. You've seen the films. Now get inside the heads of your favorite Twilight characters (just like Edward can!) in The Psychology of Twilight. Explore the minds and motives of Bella, Edward, Jacob, and more with a deeper look at the series that's captured the hearts-and psyches-of millions. Find out: * How Edward and Jacob match up in an evolutionary psychology smackdown for Bella's-and our-affection * Whether Bella's motorcycle-riding and cliff diving in New Moon are suicidal-or her salvation * Why vampires and werewolves aren't so different after all (at least psychologically) * The emotional appeal of love stories like Bella and Edward's * Why being a part of Twilight fandom is good for your psychological health Snuggle up on the closest chaise, and get ready to revisit the Twilight Saga-with some professional help.
Table of Contents"Team Jacob" -- Erica Berg "The Case for Edward Cullen" -- Susan Carnell "Bella and the Psychobiology of Love and Attraction" -- David A. Frederick, et al "Team Edward vs Team Jacob: Prejudice in Twilight" -- Melissa Burkley "Self-Regulating: The Secret to Success in Twilight" -- Jeremy Clyman "Vegetarian Vamps" -- Robin Rosenberg "Transcendence and Twilight" -- Tamara Greenburg "Motorcycles, and Strangers, and Cliff Diving! Oh, my!" -- Catherine Glenn "It's All in the Family" -- Lisa Dinella and Gary Lewandowski "The Gestalt of Twilight" -- Mikhail Lyubanksy "Team Edward vs Team Jacob: Prejudice in Twilight" -- Melissa Burkley "The Emotional Pleasures of Reading Twilight" -- Peter Stromberg "The Twilight Convergence" -- Pamela Rutledge
