Fear of living dolls in Ira Levin's The Stepford wives
Ira Levin’s The Stepford Wives has not garnered a lot of critical attention as a horror text, with scholars tending to focus more on its indebtedness to second wave feminism. The work has been approached as an ironic backlash against the movement when inserted within that framework. In my article, I...
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SZTE IEAS
Szeged
2024
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| Sorozat: | Acta Universitatis Szegediensis de Attila József nominatae : papers in english and american studies
28 Papers in English and American studies : Tomus XXVIII. - New Horizons in English and American Studies: Papers from the Doctoral Program 28 |
| Kulcsszavak: | Amerikai irodalom története, Feminizmus, Horror, Műelemzés - angol |
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| Online Access: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/86786 |
| Tartalmi kivonat: | Ira Levin’s The Stepford Wives has not garnered a lot of critical attention as a horror text, with scholars tending to focus more on its indebtedness to second wave feminism. The work has been approached as an ironic backlash against the movement when inserted within that framework. In my article, I wish to concentrate upon the book’s place within the horror genre: the familiar tropes of the mad scientist, the misuse of technology, fear of living dolls/automata and doppelgängers all appear in one form or another in the novel. As usual with horror texts, under the guise of a fantastic scenario, Levin was aiming at revealing some of the most pressing problems and concerns of contemporary society (the situation of women in patriarchal society). In addition to these topical issues, there are various elements in the book which address timeless fears and anxieties independent of the given social era (such as fear of alienation or fear of animated machines). |
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| Terjedelem/Fizikai jellemzők: | 58-67 |
| ISBN: | 978-963-688-029-3 |
| ISSN: | 0230-2780 |