Abstract
The late 2010s saw the revitalization of the Twilight fandom, known as the “Twilight Renaissance,” during which it revisited the heteronormative vampires of Stephenie vampires and queer theory as well as by examples from the Twilight Renaissance. This article aims to expand the conversation on how queer communities create their own narratives in response to the lack of desired representation in mainstream culture. Meyer’s Twilight saga with a sapphic and de-sanitized lens. The Twilight Renaissance, especially on Tumblr, is one example of how fandom retellings facilitate queer reclamation and representation. These points are supported by scholarship on literary vampires and queer theory as well as by examples from the Twilight Renaissance. This article aims to expand the conversation on how queer communities create their own narratives in response to the lack of desired representation in mainstream culture.
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Yakymets, Vassa
(2025)
"Reclaiming Sapphic Vampire Narrative in the Twilight Renaissance,"
Narrative Culture: Vol. 12:
Iss.
2, Article 3.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/narrative/vol12/iss2/3