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Product Identifiers

PublisherLiverpool University Press

ISBN-101800859368

ISBN-139781800859364

eBay Product ID (ePID)3050402920

Product Key Features

Book TitleStepford Wives

Number of Pages144 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / 20th Century, Film / History & Criticism, Film / Genres / Science Fiction & Fantasy

Publication Year2022

IllustratorYes

GenrePerforming Arts, History

AuthorSamantha Lindop

Book SeriesConstellations Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight7.8 Oz

Item Length7.5 in

Item Width5.3 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2024-439252

Reviews'This textbook is an excellent and informative read that provides many insights to the role of feminism in articulating and challenging the patriarchy, both inthe fictional and real worlds.' Julie Laing, Media Education Journal, "This textbook is an excellent and informative read that provides many insights to the role of feminism in articulating and challenging the patriarchy, both in the fictional and real worlds." Julie Laing, Media Education Journal

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal791.4372

SynopsisThe Stepford Wives (1975) occupies an unusual position in cinematic history. As is often the case with cult texts, the film was both a box office flop and widely misunderstood on release. Intended as a feminist diatribe, it was derided by Betty Friedan, whose 1963 book The Feminine Mystique it literalised. Even Ira Levin, author of the novel from which the film was adapted, concedes he was less than enthused with the filmed version. Despite this, the term 'Stepford wife' has become idiolect for a particular kind of one-dimensional, upper-middle class woman who is figuratively, and to some extent literally, an automation. Indeed, one does not need to have seen or even heard of the film or Levin's book to be familiar with the concept. This timely study finally gives The Stepford Wives the serious scholarly attention it deserves. In doing so, the significance of the film as a socio-cultural and socio-political document in its own right is underscored. While the intention of this book is to pay homage to Bryan Forbes' film, it goes far beyond this, locating it in the traditions of the gothic, the histories of feminism and fictional imaginings about artificial women, and the futures of social robots and AI, both real and imagined., This study finally gives The Stepford Wives (1975) the serious scholarly attention it deserves. It considers the significance of the film as a socio-cultural and socio-political document and locates it in the traditions of the gothic, the histories of feminism and fictional imaginings about artificial women, and the futures of social robots and AI, both real and imagined.

LC Classification NumberPN1997