Remaking the Frankenstein Myth on Film

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Название:Remaking the Frankenstein Myth on Film

Автор: Caroline Joan Picart

Издательство: State University of New York Press

ISBN: 0791457699

Год: 2003

Страниц: 288 pages

Язык:Английский

Формат: PDF

Размер: 2.3 MB

Focusing on films outside the horror genre, this book offers a unique account of the Frankenstein myth's popularity and endurance. Although the Frankenstein narrative has been a staple in horror films, it has also crossed over into other genres, particularly comedy and science fiction, resulting in such films as Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Bladerunner, and the Alien and Terminator film series. In addition to addressing horror's relationship to comedy and science fiction, the book also explores the versatility and power of the Frankenstein narrative as a contemporary myth through which our deepest attitudes concerning gender (masculine versus feminine), race (Same versus Other), and technology (natural versus artificial) are both revealed and concealed.