The Horror of Being Human | Society and Gender in Franz Kafka Metamorphosis and Stepford Wives 1975

In this video essay, I'm breaking down the feminist horror allegories in both Franz Kafka Metamorphosis and Stepford Wives 1975. The two stories may seem completely different at first, one a feminist horror about small town robot wives, and the other a body horror about a man turned into a beetle, but when you break Franz Kafka Metamorphosis and Stepford Wives down more, you'll find they're more similar than they are different.

Especially when it comes to how they break down the horrors of gender in literature and film. Keep watching to find out how they do that and more!

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - Metamorphosis, Quickly Summarized
03:26 - Stepford Wives, Also Summarized
05:50 - Robot Wives vs. Giant Beetles
08:18 - The Gender of It All...

If you haven't seen Stepford Wives 1975 or read Franz Kafka Metamorphosis, here are some free online sources!
   • The Stepford Wives (1975) | Sci-Fi Horror ...  
https://giove.isti.cnr.it/demo/eread/...

And here's some other cool references I found interesting while writing this video:
https://delvetool.com/blog/symbolic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doing_g...
https://springarbor.edu/_binaries/wp-...

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