Abstract
The film Twilight produced by Wyck Godfrey, Mark Morgan and Greg Mooradian and directedby Catherine Hardwicke, enjoyed global box office success, and proved particularly popularwith female filmgoers. Despite the commercial success of the film, it was derided specificallyby feminist critics for its portrayal of women and heterosexual relationships. Within the contextof postfeminist views of gender roles, this article explores how selected female South Africanviewers’ between the ages of 18 and 45 living in Johannesburg perceived the romance betweenEdward and Bella in the film Twilight (2008). Participants were divided into age-determined focusgroups and each participant completed a questionnaire containing a list of questions around thegenre 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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