LEADER 03581nam 22006492 450 001 996207170903316 005 20240102112650.0 010 $a1280958162 010 $a9786610958160 010 $a9048505453 010 $a1423746295 024 7 $a10.1515/9789048505456 035 $a(CKB)1000000000242013 035 $a(EBL)420305 035 $a(OCoLC)62868619 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000172408 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11176849 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000172408 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10161448 035 $a(PQKB)11203828 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC420305 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9789048505456 035 $a(DE-B1597)518171 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789048505456 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/32041 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000242013 100 $a20201013d2005|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHitchcock's motifs /$fMichael Walker$b[electronic resource] 210 $cAmsterdam University Press$d2005 210 1$aAmsterdam :$cAmsterdam University Press,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (490 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aFilm culture in transition 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Feb 2021). 311 08$a9053567739 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTable of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Hitchcock, Motifs and Melodrama; Part II The Key Motifs; Appendix I: TV Episodes; Appendix II: Articles on Hitchcock's motifs; Appendix III: Definitions; References; Filmography; List of illustrations; Index of Hitchcock's films and their motifs; General Index 330 $aAlfred Hitchcock's films are renowned the world over, and a mountain of literature has detailed seemingly every facet of them. Yet remarkably few studies have solely focused on the recurring motifs in Hitchcock's films. Michael Walker remedies this surprising gap in Hitchcock literature with an innovative and in-depth study of the sustained motifs and themes threaded through Hitchcock's entire body of work. Combing through all fifty-two extant feature films and representative episodes from Hitchcock's television series, Walker traces over forty motifs that emerge in recurring objects, settings, character-types, and events. Whether the loaded meaning of staircases, the symbolic status of keys and handbags, homoeroticism, guilt and confession, or the role of art, Walker analyzes such elements to reveal a complex web of cross-references in Hitchcock's art. He also gives full attention to the broader social contexts in which the motifs and themes are played out, arguing that these interwoven elements add new and richer depths to Hitchcock's oeuvre. An invaluable, encyclopedic resource for the scholar and fan, Hitchcock's Motifs is a fascinating study of one of the best-known and most admired film directors in history. 410 0$aFilm culture in transition. 606 $aFilm, TV & radio$2bicssc 606 $aIndividual film directors, film-makers$2bicssc 610 $amotion pictures 610 $afilm 615 7$aFilm, TV & radio 615 7$aIndividual film directors, film-makers 676 $a791.4302/33092 700 $aWalker$b Michael$0800843 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996207170903316 996 $aHitchcock's Motifs$91802155 997 $aUNISA