03154nam 2200661Ia 450 991045219650332120200520144314.00-8166-9516-4(CKB)1000000000346771(EBL)310704(OCoLC)476095799(SSID)ssj0000172407(PQKBManifestationID)11176848(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000172407(PQKBWorkID)10150736(PQKB)10326618(SSID)ssj0000280329(PQKBManifestationID)12041064(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000280329(PQKBWorkID)10286392(PQKB)10962390(MiAaPQ)EBC310704(Au-PeEL)EBL310704(CaPaEBR)ebr10159515(CaONFJC)MIL522772(OCoLC)437188537(EXLCZ)99100000000034677120050119d2005 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSecret agents[electronic resource] /Tom CohenMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20051 online resource (306 p.)Hitchcock's cryptonymies ;1Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4206-0 0-8166-4205-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: The Blind of Ocularcentrism; Part I. Police, Criminals, and the Mediatric State; 1. The Avenging Fog of Media: The Lodger as Host; 2. A User's Guide to Hitchcock's Signature Systems; 3. Espionage in the Teletechnic Empire; 4. Blackmail in the Universal Reading Room; Part II. The Spies' Post Office; 5. The Archival Wars of ""Old Man R""; 6. The Slave Revolt of Memory: R to the Power of Gamma; 7. Contretemps: Secret Agency in the Chocolate Factory; 8. Animation Blackout: The Sabotage of Aura; Part III. State of the Image9. Solar Fronts: Politics of the Post-Enlightenment10. Zarathustran Hitchcock; 11. Extraterritoriality: An In-House Affair at the Embassy of Ao-; Coda: Exploding Cameos; Notes; Index of Films; B; F; I; J; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; V; W; YThis first volume of Hitchcock's Cryptonymies provides a singularly close reading of The Lady Vanishes, Spellbound, and North by Northwest, exposing the visual and aural puns, graphic elements, and cryptograms that traverse his entire body of work. Within Hitchcock's cinema, Tom Cohen argues, these ""secret agents"" have more than just symbolic significance; they also reflect and disrupt traditional cinematic practice.Spy filmsHistory and criticismWar filmsHistory and criticismElectronic books.Spy filmsHistory and criticism.War filmsHistory and criticism.791.4302/33Cohen Tom1953-546277MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452196503321Secret Agents1730218UNINA