1. Chapter 1 Introduction: Vampire Fiction, Girls and Shame 2. Chapter 2 Writing (on) Girls' Bodies: Vampires and Embodied Girlhood2.1 The Markings of the Vampiric Body2.2 Such Hot Fangs! Vampirism and Beauty2.3 You Don't See Fat Vamps: The Meanings of Body Size2.4 No One Mourns the Ugly: Beauty, Style and Belonging 2.5 Velvet! Platinum! Pearls! Vampire Girls as Consumers2.6 The Magic of Makeover: Style as Oppression and Resistance2.7 Conclusion 3. Chapter 3 A Love So Strong That It Aches: (Re-)Writing Vampire Romance3.1 Mates, Consorts, Oath-Bound Warriors: House of Night and Polyandry 3.2 The Truest of True Loves: Soul Mates and Enchanted Bonds3.3 Tying the Knot: Love, Marriage and Power3.4 The Lovely Bliss of Her Bite: Vampires and Same-Sex Romance3.5 Conclusion 4. Chapter 4 Pangs of Pleasure, Pangs of Guilt: Girls, Sexuality and Desire4.1 It Tasted Like Liquid Desire: Virginity, Blood Consumption and Sexual Awakening 4.2 Didn't the Earth Move or the Planets Align? The Tales of the "First Time"4.3 A Bloodlust-filled, Hornie Freak: Slut Shaming and "Excessive" Desire4.4 Blood Whoring, Female Virtue and Defensive Othering4.5 Conclusion 5. Chapter 5 Save Your Butt from Getting Raped: Girls, Vampires, Violence5.1 No Anger and No Condemnation: Vampires and Romanticised Abuse 5.2 A Questioning Touch of Teeth: Violence and Consent in House of Night and Vampire Academy5.3. A Monster Abused Me: Narrating Rape and Rape-Revenge5.4 Black. Angry. Merciless: Girls' Violence and (Self-)Defence5.5. Conclusion 6. Chapter 6 Biting into Books: Supernatural Schoolgirls and Academic Performance6.1 Heaps of Awesome Classes: The Unique Education of the House of Night 6.2 Slamming the Math Book Shut: Supernatural Girls and STEM Education6.3 Miss (Im)Perfect Schoolgirl: Girls and Academic (Dis)Engagement6.4 Too Smart? Academic Excellence and Popular Femininity6.5 Conclusion 7. Conclusion
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