The Women Who Knew Too Much: Hitchcock and Feminist Theory

by Modleski; Tania

• ISBN13: 9780415973625
• ISBN10: 0415973627
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2005-09-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

"Tania Modleski's The Women Who Knew Too Much has become a classic work in feminist film theory and criticism. By looking at seven important films by Alfred Hitchcock, 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." "The Women Who Knew Too Much argues for a richer understanding of films - and Hitchcock's films in particular - as they concern the female spectator as well as the male spectator." "For this edition, Tania Modleski has written a new chapter in which she discusses the last fifteen years of Hitchcock criticism, and the continued struggle for recognition of a feminist perspective on the filmmaker's work."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(14)
Rape vs. Mans/laughter	15	(14)
Male Hysteria and the ``Order of Things''	29	(12)
Woman and the Labyrinth	41	(14)
The Woman Who Was Known Too Much	55	(14)
The Master's Dollhouse	69	(20)
Femininity by Design	89	(14)
Rituals of Defilement	103	(14)
Afterwords	117	(6)
Resurrection of a Hitchcock Daughter (2005)	123	(38)
Notes	161	(16)
Works Cited	177	(6)
Index	183