Children in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock

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by Debbie Olson

Type

Studies

Subject

Director > Alfred Hitchcock

Keywords

Alfred Hitchcock, children

Publishing date

2014

Publisher

Palgrave MacMillan

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 285 pages
5 ¾ x 8 ½ inches (14.5 x 21.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-137-47554-1

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Book Presentation:
Children and youth perform both innocence and knowingness within Hitchcock's complex cinematic texts. Though the child often plays a small part, their significance - symbolically, theoretically, and philosophically - offers a unique opportunity to illuminate and interrogate the child presence within the cinematic complexity of Hitchcock's films.

About the Author:
Noel Brown, Newcastle University, UK Jason McEntee, South Dakota State University, USA Markus Bohlmann, Seneca College, Canada Sean Moreland, University of Ottawa, Canada Adrian Schober, Monash University, Australia Brian Walter, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, USA F.E. Pheasant-Kelly, University of Wolverhampton, UK Samantha Lay, University of Houston, USA Craig Martin, La Trobe University, Australia William McBride, Illinois State University, USA Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr., Loyola Marymount University, USA Peter Lee, Drew University, USA Elizabeth Ramsey, University of Southern California, USA

Press Reviews:
" Children in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock amounts to a stunning collective appreciation by its editor and contributors of the significant role played by children and child-adults in Hitchcock - and of why the director's films, based on multiple points of view, favour 'liminality' over strict 'coherence'. This is cutting-edge film analysis of such Hitchcock masterworks as The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 and 1956), Shadow of a Doubt , Strangers on a Train , The Trouble With Harry , and The Birds . Expert and illuminating." - Ken Mogg, contributor to A Companion to Alfred Hitchcock

See the publisher website: Palgrave MacMillan

See the complete filmography of Alfred Hitchcock on the website: IMDB ...