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  1. 'Something black and of the night': Vampirism, Monstrosity, and Negotiations of Race in Richard Matheson's I Am Legend
    Erschienen: 2009

    Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend (1954), about a lone survivor in a postapocalyptic world inhabited by modern vampires, is the first major vampire novel of the 20th century and a direct response to Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897). While replacing the... mehr

     

    Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend (1954), about a lone survivor in a postapocalyptic world inhabited by modern vampires, is the first major vampire novel of the 20th century and a direct response to Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897). While replacing the supernaturalism of Stoker’s Gothic horror with science fiction elements, Matheson’s text is similarly concernedwith issues of racial ‘otherness’ centering around the liminal figure of the vampire and exhibits the same preoccupation with clean, unclean or mixed blood. This essay discusses the complex relationship between vampire fiction and discourses of race and monstrosity by analysing I Am Legend and its 2007 screen adaptation, whose manipulations of the original plot produced a film expressive of American attitudes towards science and religion after 9/11.

     

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    DDC Klassifikation: Literatur und Rhetorik (800); Geschichte der Britischen Inseln (941); Geschichte Neuseelands (993)
    Schlagworte: americanstudies; culturalstudies; literarystudies; filmstudies
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  2. Forum: Digitization, Digital Humanities, and American Studies

    Digitization and the digital humanities (DH) continue to shape the field of American studies. This forum brings together ten international scholars who assess where we as (German) Americanists stand on digital scholarship, (inter)disciplinarity,... mehr

     

    Digitization and the digital humanities (DH) continue to shape the field of American studies. This forum brings together ten international scholars who assess where we as (German) Americanists stand on digital scholarship, (inter)disciplinarity, data, and publishing. Some of the statements collected here were originally presented during a digital town hall meeting of the German Association of American Studies (GAAS) on April 1, 2022; others were written specifically for this forum. Together, they discuss how digitization impacts our work environments, the role DH methods play in American studies, and the production, use, and sustainability of research data in the humanities. Contributors define DH and its connection to literary and cultural studies and trace its history in German American studies and beyond. Several contributions shed light on the (in)accessibility of digital publishing and practices of data tracking. They critically flag neoliberal logics of exploitative research designs but also point to collaborative endeavors and open-access formats as useful tools to resist them. The statements reflect and resume the conversation initiated in April 2022 to chart a possible direction for American studies.

     

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  3. 'Something Black and of the Night': Vampirism, Monstrosity, and Negotiations of Race in Richard Matheson's 'I Am Legend'
    Erschienen: 2009
    Verlag:  Moers

    Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend (1954), about a lone survivor in a postapocalyptic world inhabited by modern vampires, is the first major vampire novel of the 20th century and a direct response to Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897). While replacing the... mehr

     

    Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend (1954), about a lone survivor in a postapocalyptic world inhabited by modern vampires, is the first major vampire novel of the 20th century and a direct response to Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897). While replacing the supernaturalism of Stoker’s Gothic horror with science fiction elements, Matheson’s text is similarly concernedwith issues of racial ‘otherness’ centering around the liminal figure of the vampire and exhibits the same preoccupation with clean, unclean or mixed blood. This essay discusses the complex relationship between vampire fiction and discourses of race and monstrosity by analysing >i>I Am Legend and its 2007 screen adaptation, whose manipulations of the original plot produced a film expressive of American attitudes towards science and religion after 9/11. ; Richard Mathesons Roman I Am Legend (1954), der von einem einsamen Überlebenden in einer von modernen Vampiren bevölkerten postapokalyptischen Welt handelt, ist der erste wichtige Vampirroman des 20. Jahrhunderts und eine direkte Antwort auf Bram Stokers Dracula (1897). Zwar ersetzt Mathesons Text das Übernatürliche in Stokers Schauerroman durch Elemente der Science Fiction, doch auch er befasst sich mit dem Thema des ‘Anderen’, das der grenzüberschreitenden Figur des Vampirs angelagert ist, und ist wie jener von der Idee des ‘reinen’, ‘unreinen’ und ‘vermischten’ Blutes besessen. Der Aufsatz untersucht das komplexe Verhältnis zwischen Vampirgeschichten und Diskursen über das Fremde und das Monströse, indem er den Roman I Am Legend und seine Verfilmung von 2007 untersucht – wobei die Veränderungen des Originalplots in der Filmversion die amerikanischen Haltungen gegenüber der Wissenschaft und der Religion nach 9/11 widerspiegeln.

     

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    Quelle: BASE Fachausschnitt AVL
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Aufsatz aus einem Sammelband
    Format: Online
    DDC Klassifikation: Literatur und Rhetorik (800); Öffentliche Darbietungen, Film, Rundfunk (791); Geschichte der Britischen Inseln (941); Geschichte Neuseelands (993)
    Schlagworte: americanstudies; culturalstudies; literarystudies; filmstudies
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