In the name of national security [electronic resource] : Hitchcock, homophobia, and the political construction of gender in postwar America /

Corber, Robert J., 1958-

In the name of national security Hitchcock, homophobia, and the political construction of gender in postwar America / [electronic resource] : Robert J. Corber. - Durham : Duke University Press, 1993. - x, 260 p. - New Americanists . - e-Duke books scholarly collection. New Americanists. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-256) and index.

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.

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Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 --Criticism and interpretation.
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.


Motion pictures--Political aspects--United States.
Homosexuality in motion pictures.

Cinema Films (Motion pictures) Directing


Electronic books.

PN1998.3.H58 / C67 1993

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