MONSTERS LIKE US: REEXAMINING INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS THROUGH THE DECADES 【翻译】

Norton, Elizabeth Harmon. Monsters Like Us: Reexamining Invasion of the Body
Snatchers Through the Decades. Master of Arts (Literature), May 2016, 76 pp., references, 31
titles.
The purpose of this paper is to examine the multiple versions of Invasion of the Body
Snatchers in concert and determine the reason for their continued presence in the American
cultural landscape. To do so I will look at the novel and four films (Invasion of the Body
Snatchers (Jack Finney 1955), Invasion of the Body Snatcher (dir. Don Siegel 1956), Invasion of
the Body Snatchers (dir. Phillip Kaufman 1978), Body Snatchers (dir. Abel Ferrara 1993), and
Invasion (dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel 2007)) and examine the context in which they were created. In
reexamining the novel and films, a central theme begins to emerge: interiority. Fear in Invasion
of the Body Snatchers moves from an external to an internal threat. The bodily locus of the
monstrous other has been repurposed and re-projected outward. The internal nature of the
monstrous threat is displayed in the narrative’s use of production and distribution, mental health
professionals, pseudo-families, and the vilification of sleep. Finally, this paper will examine the
studio influence on the various films and their impact on the relative endings.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
As with any lengthy project, success is never the result of one person’s efforts. It is a
community of support that makes any worthwhile endeavor possible. To that end, I would like to
take the opportunity to thank the community that supported me. First, to my advisor Dr.
Foertsch, thank you for the many, many pages of feedback and for helping me find my voice.
Next, to fulfill a promise, I must thank my brother, Spencer, for the lengthy conversations about
how much better he is at this than I am. To my father, Mike, you are a constant source of
encouragement, and I could not have succeeded without you. And finally, of course, to my
husband, my journeys sometimes take me 1000 miles, emotionally or physically, away from you,
thank you for standing with me even when I couldn’t see you.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS………………………………………………………………………iii
1. INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………1
2. “WHY DO WE ALWAYS EXPECT METAL SHIPS?”: PRODUCTION AND
DISTRIBUTION OF PODS……………………………………………………………….......18
3. A FAMILY AFFAIR?: POD APOCALYPSE AND FAMILY DYNAMICS……………...30
4. “CONTAGIOUS NEUROSIS”: PSYCHOBABBLE AND EMOTIONAL SUPPRESSANTS
IN THE POD AGE…………………………………………………………………………….39
5. “SLEEP IS THE VILLAIN”: SHIFTING FEARS FROM PODS TO HUMANS…………51
6. “A FIERCE INHOSPITABLE PLANET”: STUDIO INTERPRETATION OF PODS AND
PUBLIC PERCEPTION……………………………………………………………………… 59
7. CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………………………...69
WORKS CITED………………………………………………………………………………. 72

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