I Am Legend as American myth: race and masculinity in the novel and its film adaptations
"Richard Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend has spawned a series of horror and science fiction films. This reexamination of Matheson's novel situates the tale of one man's attitude about killing racialized "others" within its orginal post-World War II context. The author...
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Jefferson, North Carolina
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
2018
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Richard Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend has spawned a series of horror and science fiction films. This reexamination of Matheson's novel situates the tale of one man's attitude about killing racialized "others" within its orginal post-World War II context. The author analyzes several film adaptations, with a focus on the casting and interpretations protagonist Robert Neville"-- Introduction: I am legends: adapting Richard Matheson's last man novel to the screen -- Richard Matheson's I am legend: the trauma of World War II and the decline of western "right" -- Visualizing apocalypse through compromised masculinity: Vincent Price as the last man on Earth -- The last white man on earth: Charlton Heston in The omega man -- The color of the new hero: Will Smith in I am legend -- Conclusion: I am legend as American myth |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-213) and index |
| Beschreibung: | vii, 223 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781476668338 |
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