{"product_id":"alfred-hitchcocks-america-murray-pomerance-9780745653037","title":"Alfred Hitchcock's America","description":"With a sharp eye for social detail and the pressures of class inequality, Alfred Hitchcock brought to the American scene a perspicacity and analytical shrewdness unparalleled in American cinema. \u003cp\u003eMurray Pomerance works from a basis in cultural analysis and a detailed knowledge of Alfred Hitchcock's films and production techniques to explore how America of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s is revealed and critically commented upon in Hitchcock's work. \u003ci\u003eAlfred Hitchcock's America\u003c\/i\u003e is full of stunning details that bring new light to Hitchcock's method and works. The American \"spirit of place,\" is seen here in light of the titanic American personality, American values in a consumer age, social class and American social form, and the characteristic American marriage. The book's analysis ranges across a wide array of films from \u003ci\u003eRebecca\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eFamily Plot\u003c\/i\u003e, and examines in depth the location sequences, characterological types, and complex social expectations that riddled American society while Hitchcock thrived there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Murray Pomerance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745653030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745653037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2013","brand":"Murray Pomerance","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925865365759,"sku":"9780745653037","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_44c0afb6-173b-468f-9c8c-de35d5a9d766.jpg?v=1681079830","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alfred-hitchcocks-america-murray-pomerance-9780745653037","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}