Lisbet Van Zoonen- Feminist theory and Afred Hitchock.




  • Gender is constructed through codes and conventions of media products, and the idea of what is male and what is female changes over time. 
  • Women's bodies are used in media products as a spectacle for heterosexual male audiences, which reinforces patriarchal hegemony. 

  • Women in Women magazine are used as a figure/representation of what women should be like to impress men. 

Alfred Hitchock article.
  • Women are 'Snow-capped volcanoes', so pretty on the outside  but explosive on the inside. 
  •  Stereotype of British women.
  •  He manipulates women 'grooming'.
  •  Alfred believes that Grace Kelly is sexually available. 
  •  He compares Latin women and British women. 
  • Alfred is fetishising women, worshiping them.
  • He uses 'i' a lot which means his very self obsessed about his views.

  • She has a bold glossy lip which has a focal point on her lips which is seductive.
  • Her mouth is slightly open which is a proiretic code that she is about to kiss the audience.
  • Her hair is slightly over her face which connotes secrecy which may indicate she's the type of girl to 'sneak a guy in through her bedroom window'.




Tippi Hedren.
  • Alfred would throw himself at her and try to kiss her.
  • He got jealous when Tippi was seen talking to other males on set. 
  • He wanted her to participate in his sexual fantasies. 





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