Hitchcock's Motifs
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Hitchcock's Motifs

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  2. English
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Hitchcock's Motifs

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Hitchcock's work through his recurring motifs

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Year
2005
ISBN
9789048505456
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Performing Arts

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Introduction
  4. Part I Hitchcock, Motifs and Melodrama
  5. Introduction
  6. Three motifs
  7. Melodrama and Hitchcock’s motifs
  8. An elaborated motif: the Bed Scene in Rebecca and Marnie
  9. A melodramatic motif: hands
  10. Diagrammatic representations
  11. Overview of the key motifs
  12. Part II The Key Motifs
  13. BED SCENE
  14. BLONDES AND BRUNETTES
  15. CAMEO APPEARANCES
  16. CHILDREN
  17. CONFINED SPACES
  18. THE CORPSE
  19. DOGS AND CATS
  20. DOUBLES
  21. ENDINGS AND THE POLICE
  22. ENTRY THROUGH A WINDOW
  23. EXHIBITIONISM / VOYEURISM / THE LOOK
  24. FOOD AND MEALS
  25. GUILT AND CONFESSION
  26. HANDCUFFS AND BONDAGE
  27. HANDS
  28. HEIGHTS AND FALLING
  29. HOMOSEXUALITY
  30. JEWELLERY
  31. KEYS AND HANDBAGS
  32. LIGHT(S)
  33. THE MACGUFFIN
  34. MOTHERS AND HOUSES
  35. PORTRAITS, PAINTINGS AND PAINTERS
  36. PUBLIC DISTURBANCES
  37. SPECTACLES
  38. STAIRCASES
  39. TRAINS AND BOATS / PLANES AND BUSES
  40. WATER AND RAIN
  41. Appendix I: TV Episodes
  42. Appendix II: Articles on Hitchcock’s motifs
  43. Appendix III: Definitions
  44. References
  45. Filmography
  46. List of illustrations
  47. Index of Hitchcock’s films and their motifs
  48. General index
  49. Film Culture in Transition