How to be a hero: Space, place and masculinity in the 39 steps (Hitchcock, UK, 1935)

Journal of Gender Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-54

  Devas, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class; Femininity; Fl neur; Hero; Hitchcock; Imperialism; Masculinity; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 15544383213     PISSN: 09589236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958923042000331489     Document Type: Article

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