In the Name of National Security : Hitchcock, Homophobia, and the Political Construction of Gender in Postwar America

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In the Name of National Security exposes the ways in which the films of Alfred Hitchcock, in conjunction with liberal intellectuals and political figures of the 1950s, fostered homophobia so as to politicize issues of gender in the United States. As Corber shows, throughout the 1950s a cast of mind...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Corber, Robert J.
Otros Autores: Pease, Donald E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: North Carolina : Duke University Press, 1996.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Hitchcock, Alfred, > 1899-1980.
Hitchcock, Alfred, > 1899-1980 > Criticism and interpretation.
Motion pictures > Political aspects.
Homosexuality in motion pictures.
Performing Arts > Film & Video > General.
Performing Arts > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Performing Arts > Individual Director.
Homosexuality In Motion Pictures.
Motion Pictures > Political Aspects.
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.
Motion pictures > Political aspects > United States.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In the Name of National Security exposes the ways in which the films of Alfred Hitchcock, in conjunction with liberal intellectuals and political figures of the 1950s, fostered homophobia so as to politicize issues of gender in the United States. As Corber shows, throughout the 1950s a cast of mind known as the Cold War consensus prevailed in the United States. Promoted by Cold War liberals--that is, liberals who wanted to perserve the legacies of the New Deal but also wished to separate liberalism from a Communist-dominated cultural politics--this consensus was grounded in the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9780822382232

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