Table of Contents

Introduction (1)

Fact, Fiction and the Ideology of Identity (17)

Representation and Reading: The Slipperiness of Gender Identity (50)

Framing and Reframing the 'Other' (100)

Index (155)

About the Author

Bruce Carson is Senior Lecturer in Film & Media Studies at the University of North London. He is a member of the Editorial Board for a new Journal on British Cinema. Margaret Llewellyn-Jones was a Principal Lecturer at the University of North London. Now retired, she lectures nationally.

Reviews

"'In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.' - Alfred Hitchcock"