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The Birds
Paperback / softback
Main Details
| Title |
The Birds
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Camille Paglia
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| Series | BFI Film Classics |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:120 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 190,Width 135 |
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| Category/Genre | Film theory and criticism |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781838719401
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| Classifications | Dewey:791.4372 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Edition |
2nd edition
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| Illustrations |
29 colour illus19 b/w illus
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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| Imprint |
BFI Publishing
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| Publication Date |
28 May 2020 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Drawing on Daphne du Maurier's short story and contemporary newspaper reports of bird attacks in California, Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) featured Tippi Hedren in her first starring role. Camille Paglia's compelling study considers the film's aesthetic, technical and mythical qualities, and analyses its depiction of gender and family relations. A film about anxiety, sexual power and the violence of nature, it is quintessential Hitchcock. Camille Paglia's foreword to this new edition reflects upon the relationship between Hitchcock and his leading lady Hedren in the light of recent debates about male power, female agency and the #MeToo movement.
Author Biography
Camille Paglia is University Professor of Humanities & Media Studies at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA. She is the author of Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990).
ReviewsThe slim book is Paglia at her most discerning, precise, and enjoyable. * Electric Ghost * Characteristically provocative and engrossing. * The Best American Poetry blog *
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