Overview
- Features a number of case studies of various aspects of Hitchcock’s filmmaking
- Examines the factors that inform ideas on the Hitchcock Touch and how the concept is embedded in film history
- Approaches Hitchcock Studies with a focus on production
- Covers all the individual periods of Hitchcock’s career
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Hitchcock’s Films
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The Paratextual Environment
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Back Matter
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About this book
This volume is dedicated to the elusive category of the Hitchcock Touch, the qualities and techniques which had manifested in Alfred Hitchcock’s own films yet which cannot be limited to the realm of Hitchcockian cinema alone. While the first section of this collection focuses on Hitchcock’s own films and the various people who made important artistic contributions to them, the subsequent chapters draw wider circles. Case studies focusing on the branding effects associated with Hitchcockian cinema and its seductive qualities highlight the paratextual dimension of his films and the importance of his well-publicized persona, while the final section addresses both Hitchcock’s formative period, as well as other filmmakers who drew upon the Hitchcock Touch. The collection not only serves as an introduction to the field of Hitchcock scholarship for a wider audience, it also delivers in-depth assessments of the lesser-known early period of his career, in addition to providing new takes on canonical films like Vertigo (1958) and Frenzy (1972).
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Wieland Schwanebeck is Assistant Lecturer in the Institute of English and American Studies at TU Dresden, Germany. His research focuses on impostor characters, gender, film history, and adaptation. He is the author and co-editor of books on impostors, con men, and masculinity studies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Reassessing the Hitchcock Touch
Book Subtitle: Industry, Collaboration, and Filmmaking
Editors: Wieland Schwanebeck
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60008-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-60007-9Published: 08 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86758-8Published: 23 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-60008-6Published: 20 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 273
Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations
Topics: Film Theory, Directing, Close Reading, Genre, Film History