{"product_id":"alfred-hitchcocks-america-paperback-softback-9780745653037","title":"Alfred Hitchcock's America (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745653037","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAlfred Hitchcock's America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMurray Pomerance (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745653037, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 January 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.1 x 14.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A must-have for the shelves of any horror lover, film buff or teenager wondering where on earth the idea for the slasher genre could have been born and what cultural landscape could have fostered such ideas.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFilm Ireland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Written with immense brio and an effortless command of its materials, Murray Pomerance provides surprising readings of both neglected and familiar films, but never strays from the overarching question of how Hitchcock's work, from 1940 till 1975, achieves an identifiably American character.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eGeorge Toles, University of Manitoba\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is a treasure-trove for students of film, historians, and sociologists. Drawing on extremely close analysis, Pomerance leads us through the ways Hitchcock observed and took careful note of American topographies before exploiting complex technologies that he — Pomerance — explains to uninitiated readers with deft clarity. Written with flair and panache, \u003ci\u003eAlfred Hitchcock's America\u003c\/i\u003e brings to the reader dazzling insights about Hitchcock's studies of American life.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eTom Conley, Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"What comes through most vividly in this stylish study is the physical poetry of Hitchcock's American films. With grace and insight, Murray Pomerance describes the colors, the rhythms of speech and movement, and the concrete spaces of Hitchcock's America in a way that makes these films new again. This is a book every cinephile will want to read.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRobert Burgoyne, University of St Andrews and author of \u003ci\u003eFilm Nation: Hollywood Looks at US History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Pomerance’s analysis is insightful, and his film analysis is superb. This book makes the reader want to watch these keynote films again and again: and as such, we join Pomerance in his celebration of the great master himself.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eIan Dixon, SAE Institute and Qantm College, Melbourne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWith a sharp eye for social detail and the pressures of class inequality, Alfred Hitchcock brought to the American scene a perspicacity and analytical shrewdness unparalleled in American cinema.  \u003cp\u003eMurray Pomerance works from a basis in cultural analysis and a detailed knowledge of Alfred Hitchcock's films and production techniques to explore how America of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s is revealed and critically commented upon in Hitchcock's work. \u003ci\u003eAlfred Hitchcock's America\u003c\/i\u003e is full of stunning details that bring new light to Hitchcock's method and works. The American \"spirit of place,\" is seen here in light of the titanic American personality, American values in a consumer age, social class and American social form, and the characteristic American marriage. The book’s analysis ranges across a wide array of films from \u003ci\u003eRebecca\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eFamily Plot\u003c\/i\u003e, and examines in depth the location sequences, characterological types, and complex social expectations that riddled American society while Hitchcock thrived there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Alfred Hitchcock in America 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Hitchcock's American Scapes 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Hitchcock's American Personalities 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Hitchcock and American Values 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Hitchcock and American Social Form 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Hitchcock and the American Marriage 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorks Cited and Consulted 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 305\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52509181837592,"sku":"9780745653037","price":22.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745653037.jpg?v=1786496586","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/alfred-hitchcocks-america-paperback-softback-9780745653037","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}