The Stepford Wives, Trajectories of Dystopia into Gender, Genre, Class and Race – From Novel to Film

Auteurs

  • Ioana Pankova New Bulgarian University

Résumé

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. Key words: genre; dystopia; thriller; horror movie; class; race; gender; patriarchy; gaze; spectacle; feminism; mass culture

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Publiée

2024-06-14

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Rubrique

I. Dystopia: Traditions, Genre Dynamics, Directions of Transformation