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Author Corber, Robert J., 1958-

Title In the name of national security : Hitchcock, homophobia, and the political construction of gender in postwar America / Robert J. Corber.

Imprint Durham : Duke University Press, 1993.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  791.430233 H631Dc    ---  Available
Description x, 260 p. ; 22 cm.
Series New Americanists
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-256) and index.
Contents Draped in the American flag : Cold War liberals and the resistance to theory -- Reconstructing homosexuality : Hitchcock and the homoerotics of spectatorial pleasure -- Resisting history : Rear window and the limits of postwar settlement -- The fantasy of the maternal voice : The Man who knew too much and the erotization of motherhood -- "There are many such stories" : Vertigo and the repression of historical knowledge -- Hitchcock through the looking glass : Psycho and the breakdown of the social.
Subject Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Motion pictures -- Political aspects.
Homosexuality in motion pictures.
ISBN 0822313863 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0822313804 (acid-free paper)

 
    
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