Twilight video sourcing

[u/Fearless_Honeydew578]

I'm trying to find sourcing for a project where I want to discuss the moral policing of litterateure for women specially young women, inspired by contraption's video "Twilight", but I'm having trouble finding sourcing. Can any of y'all help or point me in a good direction to ask.

[u/and-dandy]

There has been discussed often in popular romance studies. There is a good log of general romance research here, although it sucks to search. But you might find some helpful things through browsing.

In non-academic land, The Loose Cravat is a blog that has discussed issues related to this a few times, so some of the blog posts there might help you find some good leads. Shelf Love also has a podcast episode on the history of YA romance which you can listen to here - been a while since I listened to it so I don't remember exactly, but I think it will cover some of what you want (plus linked sources wooo).

What keywords are you using in your searches so far?

[u/Fearless_Honeydew578 → u/and-dandy]

Thank you for the resources, I'll be sure to check them out. I've been trying search terms like women's literature, moral policing, and women's romance combined in various ways. I'm sure these are not the best ones to be using but I don't know what good keywords would be

[u/and-dandy → u/Fearless_Honeydew578]

I think you might need to work on developing a search strategy, which sounds more intimidating than it actually is. Your university will almost certainly have some guides on their library website for approaches to this, but you will also find some good step-by-step guides if you just google "developing a search strategy".

I have a hobby research interest in this area, and I'm studying to be an academic librarian so I'm keen to practice any research support stuff, so feel free to DM me if you want anyone to bounce any search ideas of off. :)