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Intimate Violence: Hitchcock, Sex, and Queer Theory
David Greven
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Description for Intimate Violence: Hitchcock, Sex, and Queer Theory
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 33. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. .
Intimate Violence explores the consistent cold war in Hitchcock's films between his heterosexual heroines and his queer characters, usually though not always male. Decentering the authority of the male hero, Hitchcock's films allow his female and queer characters to vie for narrative power, often in conflict with one another. These conflicts eerily echo the tense standoff between feminism and queer theory. From a reparative psychoanalytic perspective, David Greven merges queer and feminist approaches to Hitchcock. Using the theories of Melanie Klein, Greven argues that Hitchcock's work thematizes a constant battle between desires to injure and to repair the loved ... Read more
Intimate Violence explores the consistent cold war in Hitchcock's films between his heterosexual heroines and his queer characters, usually though not always male. Decentering the authority of the male hero, Hitchcock's films allow his female and queer characters to vie for narrative power, often in conflict with one another. These conflicts eerily echo the tense standoff between feminism and queer theory. From a reparative psychoanalytic perspective, David Greven merges queer and feminist approaches to Hitchcock. Using the theories of Melanie Klein, Greven argues that Hitchcock's work thematizes a constant battle between desires to injure and to repair the loved ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190214173
SKU
V9780190214173
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99-1
About David Greven
David Greven is Professor of English at the University of South Carolina. He publishes in two fields, nineteenth century American literature and Film Studies. Greven specializes in psychoanalytic theory, queer theory, and gender studies. He has written studies of same-sex desire in the antebellum United States, Nathaniel Hawthorne's work and Freudian literary theory, the woman's film, masculinity in contemporary Hollywood, ... Read more
Reviews for Intimate Violence: Hitchcock, Sex, and Queer Theory
Intimate Violence is an admirably generous and enthusiastic contribution to Hitchcock studies, a book that deserves recognition and elaboration.
Leland Poague
Intimate Violence bravely creates a dialogue between queer and feminist film theorists, confirming that such a conversation is long overdue.
Tania Modleski, Florence R. Scott Professor of English at the University of Southern California-Dornsife and author ... Read more
Leland Poague
Intimate Violence bravely creates a dialogue between queer and feminist film theorists, confirming that such a conversation is long overdue.
Tania Modleski, Florence R. Scott Professor of English at the University of Southern California-Dornsife and author ... Read more