The Stepford Wives, Trajectories of Dystopia into Gender, Genre, Class and Race – From Novel to Film
The Stepford Wives, Trajectories of Dystopia into Gender, Genre, Class and Race – From Novel to Film
Author(s): Ioana PankovaSubject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Fiction, Studies of Literature, Recent History (1900 till today), Novel, Comparative Study of Literature, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Film / Cinema / Cinematography, American Literature
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: genre; dystopia; thriller; horror movie; class; race; gender; patriarchy; gaze; spectacle; feminism; mass culture
Summary/Abstract: The Stepford Wives, a novel by Ira Levin published in 1972, describes a micro-dystopian society, which imposes a strict ‘traditional’ order, by transforming women into compliant wives programmed to serve their husbands. The book has been adapted to screen several times. The present paper will focus on a comparison between the original literary work and the first adaptation of 1975 by British director Bryan Forbes, seen through the notions of genre, gender, class and race.
Journal: Colloquia Comparativa Litterarum
- Issue Year: 10/2024
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 155-168
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English