Hitchcock's Bi-Textuality
Subtitle: Lacan, feminisms, and queer theory
By: Robert Samuels.
Series: SUNY series in psychoanalysis and culture
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-  -- Criticism and interpretation.
Description: This book combines three element: an articulation of Lacan's theory of ethics; a discussion of recent theories of feminine subjectivity and queer textuality; and close readings of Hitchcock's films.

Hitchcock's Bi-Textuality argues that just as Freud posited a fundamental ground of bisexuality for every subject, we can affirm a form of universal "bi-textuality" that is repressed through different modes of representation, yet returns in unconscious aspects of textuality (dreams, word play, jokes, and symbolism).

In order to illustrate this notion of bi-textuality, this work discusses how Hitchcock's films are extremely heterogeneous and present multiple forms of sexual identification and desire, although they have most often been read through the reductive lens of male heterosexuality.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-162) and index.