- Audiobook
- 2025
- 3 hrs
- British Film Institute
- Society
Published on 12/10/2025, 10:00 PM
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Title
The Birds
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.
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The Birds
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Language:
EN
ISBN Audio:
9781805750987
Publication date:
December 10, 2025
Duration
3 hrs
Product type
AUDIO
Series:
Explicit:
No
Audio drama:
No
Unabridged:
Yes
About the author:
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).
