{"product_id":"psycho-sexual-male-desire-in-hitchcock-de-palma-scorsese-and-friedkin-paperback","title":"Psycho-Sexual: Male Desire in Hitchcock, de Palma, Scorsese, and Friedkin - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Greven\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBridging landmark territory in film studies, \u003ci\u003ePsycho-Sexual\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to apply Alfred Hitchcock's legacy to three key directors of 1970s Hollywood-Brian De Palma, Martin Scorsese, and William Friedkin-whose work suggests the pornographic male gaze that emerged in Hitchcock's depiction of the voyeuristic, homoerotically inclined American man. Combining queer theory with a psychoanalytic perspective, David Greven begins with a reconsideration of \u003ci\u003ePsycho\u003c\/i\u003e and the 1956 remake of \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Knew Too Much\u003c\/i\u003e to introduce the filmmaker's evolutionary development of American masculinity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePsycho-Sexual\u003c\/i\u003e probes De Palma's early Vietnam War draft-dodger comedies as well as his film \u003ci\u003eDressed to Kill\u003c\/i\u003e, along with Scorsese's \u003ci\u003eTaxi Driver\u003c\/i\u003e and Friedkin's \u003ci\u003eCruising\u003c\/i\u003e as reactions to and inventive elaborations upon Hitchcock's gendered themes and aesthetic approaches. Greven demonstrates how the significant political achievement of these films arises from a deeply disturbing, violent, even sorrowful psychological and social context. Engaging with contemporary theories of pornography while establishing pornography's emergence during the classical Hollywood era, Greven argues that New Hollywood filmmakers seized upon Hitchcock's radical decentering of heterosexual male dominance. The resulting images of heterosexual male ambivalence allowed for an investment in same-sex desire; an aura of homophobia became informed by a fascination with the homoerotic. \u003ci\u003ePsycho-Sexual\u003c\/i\u003e also explores the broader gender crisis and disorganization that permeated the Cold War and New Hollywood eras, reimagining the defining premises of Hitchcock criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Greven is Associate Professor of English at the University of South Carolina. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eRepresentations of Femininity in American Genre Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eManhood in Hollywood from Bush to Bush\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMen Beyond Desire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 311\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454273568946,"sku":"9780292756762","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/fc5cec3d102d1cb8bb6a12057e136c59_28f7c1f2-b6f3-4005-96c8-3f70725d23f4.webp?v=1778846872","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/psycho-sexual-male-desire-in-hitchcock-de-palma-scorsese-and-friedkin-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}