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ISBN: 1611862396

ISBN13: 9781611862393

Violence in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock: A Study in Mimesis

(Part of the Studies in Violence, Mimesis, and Culture (SVMC) Series)

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Parting ways with the Freudian and Lacanian readings that have dominated recent scholarly understanding of Hitchcock, David Humbert examines the roots of violence in the director's narratives and finds them not in human sexuality but in mimesis. Through an analysis of seven key films, he argues that Girard's model of mimetic desire--desire oriented by imitation of and competition with others--best explains a variety of well-recognized themes, including...

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