The Women Who Knew Too Much

Hitchcock and Feminist Theory

• Author(s): Tania Modleski,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 200
• ISBN_10: 1135199868
  ISBN_13: 9781135199869
  
• Language: uk
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory , Performing Arts / Film / General , Social Science / Media Studies , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social ,

Description:... First published in 1988, The Women Who Knew Too Much remains a classic work in film theory and criticism. The book consists of a theoretical introduction and analyses of seven important films by Alfred Hitchcock, each of which provides a basis for an analysis of the female spectator as well as of the male spectator. Modleski considers the emotional and psychic investments of men and women in female characters whose stories often undermine the mastery of the cinematic Master of Suspense. This new edition features a new chapter which considers the last 15 years of Hitchcock criticism as it relates to the ideas in this landmark book.