Hitchcock's America - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195119061 ISBN 13: 9780195119060

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

Physical description; viii, 192 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography: p. 181-185. Summary; Alfred Hitchcock has long been understood as an inspired technician and master of abnormal psychology. The authors of this volume suggest, through readings of his American films, that he is also a cultural critic of remarkable insight and undeniable presence. This book looks at Hitchcock's analysis of and engagement with American culture. His films emerge as our richest history of American middle-class culture at mid-century. Subjects; Hitchcock, Alfred 1899-1980 - Criticism and interpretation. Hitchcock, Alfred - Studies. National characteristics, American, in motion pictures. United States - In motion pictures. United States - In cinema films. Film theory & criticism ; Media studies. PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Direction & Production. PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism. Hitchcock, Alfred - Criticism and interpretation.

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Críticas

...successfully shows Hitchcock's ability to record the changing expectations of American society in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s....Would be a good purchase for film collections in academic libraries. (Library Journal)

Reseña del editor

Alfred Hitchcock has long been understood as an inspired technician and master of abnormal psychology. The authors of this volume sugges, through new readings of his American films, that he is also a cultural critic of remarkable insight and undeniable presence. With new intensity and specificity, Hitchcock's America looks at Hitchcock's analysis of and engagement with American culture. His films emerge as our richest history of American middle-class culture at mid-century.

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• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0195119061
• ISBN 13: 9780195119060
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 206
• Herausgeber: Freedman Jonathan