The Silence of the Lambs
Published on 1. February 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-0-85170-871-3 (ISBN)
Description
In this study Yvonne Tasker explores the way the film weaves together gothic, horror and thriller conventions to generate both a distinctive variation on the cinematic portrayal of insanity and crime, and a fascinating intervention in the sexual politics of genre.
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Series
Edition
2002
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 190 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85170-871-3 (9780851708713)
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The Silence of the Lambs
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The Silence of the Lambs
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Person
Yvonne Tasker is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of East Anglia. She is the author of Working Girls: Gender and Sexuality in Popular Cinema (1998) and Spectacular Bodies: Gender, Genre and the Action Cinema (1983).