Hitchcock Meets Kierkegaard: Selfhood and Gendered Forms of Despair in Vertigo and The Sickness unto Death

The development of Vertigo ’s main characters provides a detailed illustration of the dialectics of despair as analysed in Kierkegaard’s The Sickness unto Death , in particular of the so-called ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ types of failed selfhood. This article shows the relation of selfhood and despa...

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Main Author: Becker-Lindenthal, Hjördis 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter [2020]
In: Kierkegaard studies. Yearbook
Year: 2020, Volume: 25, Issue: 1, Pages: 285-300
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
NBE Anthropology
ZD Psychology
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