Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-288) and index.
Introduction: Hitchcock, gender, and the new Hollywood -- Cruising, hysteria, knowledge: The man who knew too much (1956) -- "You are alone here, aren't you?": Psycho's doubles -- Blank screens: Psycho and the pornographic gaze -- Misfortune and men's eyes: three early De Palma comedies -- A sense of Vertigo: Taxi driver -- Mirror shades: Cruising -- The gender museum: Dressed to kill -- Coda: ideology at an impasse