Children in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock

Children and youth perform both innocence and knowingness within Hitchcock's complex cinematic texts. Though the child often plays a small part, their significance - symbolically, theoretically, and philosophically - offers a unique opportunity to illuminate and interrogate the child presence within the cinematic complexity of Hitchcock's films.

" Children in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock amounts to a stunning collective appreciation by its editor and contributors of the significant role played by children and child-adults in Hitchcock - and of why the director's films, based on multiple points of view, favour 'liminality' over strict 'coherence'. This is cutting-edge film analysis of such Hitchcock masterworks as The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 and 1956), Shadow of a Doubt , Strangers on a Train , The Trouble With Harry , and The Birds . Expert and illuminating." - Ken Mogg, contributor to A Companion to Alfred Hitchcock

Noel Brown, Newcastle University, UKJason McEntee, South Dakota State University, USAMarkus Bohlmann, Seneca College, CanadaSean Moreland, University of Ottawa, CanadaAdrian Schober, Monash University, AustraliaBrian Walter, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, USAF.E. Pheasant-Kelly, University of Wolverhampton, UKSamantha Lay, University of Houston, USACraig Martin, La Trobe University, AustraliaWilliam McBride, Illinois State University, USAKevin J. Wetmore, Jr., Loyola Marymount University, USAPeter Lee, Drew University, USAElizabeth Ramsey, University of Southern California, USA