Author: Biljana Oklopčić, Filozofski fakultet (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences), Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku (Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek) - Academia.edu, Google Scholar ORCID

Abstract: »Whether in art or science, adaptation does not refer to something original but to a mutated and permutated version of a pre-existing original. In literature, adaptation occurs first when real-life stories are adapted into fiction; these fictions then often undergo a second technological adaptation as literary works are adapted into theatrical productions for stage or film. This paper explores one such doubled adaptation; it examines how the black rapist myth, which grew out of the social and cultural realities of the Jim Crow South, was transformed in E.R. Burroughs’ portrayal of Terkoz in the popular adventure novel, Tarzan of the Apes (1914), and then how this fiction was adapted into multiple and varied films between 1918 and 2016.« (Source: Anafora)

Contents:

	Abstract (p. 313)
	On the Black Rapist Myth (p. 314)
	The Black Rapist Myth in American Literature (p. 317)
	Terkoz as the Black Rapist in Tarzan of the Apes (p. 318)
	The “Terkoz” Scene in the 1918–2016 Film Adaptations of Tarzan of the Apes (p. 321)
	Conclusion (p. 326)
	Works Cited (p. 328)

Wikipedia: History of Africa | History of the Americas: History of the United States | Literature: American literature / Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes | Fiction: Tarzan characters / Jane Porter (Tarzan), Mangani, Tarzan | Film: Tarzan films / Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, The Legend of Tarzan (film), Tarzan (1999 film), Tarzan (2013 film), Tarzan of the Apes (1918 film), Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film), Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981 film) | Sex and the law: Rape / Black peril