The Birds
(Paperback, 2nd edition)
Publishing Details
The Birds
By (Author) Camille Paglia
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
BFI Publishing
3rd September 2020
2nd edition
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
791.4372
Physical Properties
Paperback
120
Width 135mm, Height 190mm
192g
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.
Reviews
The slim book is Paglia at her most discerning, precise, and enjoyable. * Electric Ghost *
Characteristically provocative and engrossing. * The Best American Poetry blog *
Author Bio
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).
