Alfred Hitchcock´s America Analysis

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I. Identification
A. Book Citation
Pomerance, Murray. Alfred Hitchcock's America. Somerset, NJ: Polity, 2013. Print.
B. Author Information
The author of Alfred Hitchcock’s America, Murray Pomerance was born in Hamilton, Canada. He grew up there with a budding fascination for film. He went on to study at the University of Michigan were he gained a BA in sociology (Ryerson 2013). Murray Pomerance is currently a professor at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada and he has taught courses dealing with subjects on Hollywood and Society, and media and society, at Ryerson University since 1973. In 1997, Pomerance was elected Chairman of the Sociology Department at Ryerson University (Ryerson 2013). At Ryerson, he created the Media Studies Working Group. Pomerance has had many works published in The Paris Review, The Kenyon Review, and The Boston Review. In addition, Pomerance has received an O. Henry Award, as well (Ryerson 2013). Pomerance has been noted as an Alfred Hitchcock expert with previous works such as, An Eye for Hitchcock (2004) and
Murray Pomerance has published many other works on sociology and film such as, Shining in Shadows: Movie Stars on the 2000s (2011). In 2004, Pomerance published An Eye for Hitchcock at Rutgers University (Ryerson 2013). In this publication, Pomerance gives readers the ability to view and understand Hitchcock films in a completely new light. However, in 2013, Pomerance expanded on understanding Hitchcock when he wrote Alfred Hitchcock’s America. He goes on to explain the Hitchcock’s vision of America. There will be a more of a thorough analysis further in the paper.
II. Analysis
A. Theme
Alfred Hitchcock’s America is a thorough analysis and clarification of Hitchcock’s depiction, in his films, o...

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...merance provided excellent insight to the symbolism asserted in Hitchcock’s films.

IV. Works Cited
Ryerson University. "Programs." faculty. http://www.ryerson.ca/graduate/programs/comcult/faculty/pomerance.html (accessed November 25, 2013).

Brooks, Xan. "Alfred Hitchcock: 'Psycho was a joke'." The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/feb/08/alfred-hitchcock-psycho-joke (accessed November 25, 2013).

Burgoyne, Robert . "Alfred Hitchcock's America." Wiley:. http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd 0745653030.html (accessed November 25, 2013).
O'brien, Ciara . "Book Review: Alfred Hitchcock's America." Film Ireland RSS. http://filmireland.net/2013/04/29/book-review-alfred-hitchcocks-america/ (accessed November 24, 2013).
Nicholson, Malcolm. “The Master of Manipulation,” Review or Alfred Hitchcock’s America, by Prospect Magazine, May 21, 2013.

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