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"In 1953, Rodney Garland's The Heart in Exile was published, marking the first time a gay sleuth was featured in a novel. Although nearly ten years would pass before another figure of this kind would appear in print, such characters have increased significantly in the years since. In The Gay Male Sleuth in Print and Film: A History and Annotated Bibliography, scholar Drewey Wayne Gunn provides a context for this subgenre by examining the history of the gay male sleuth from his beginnings in The Heart in Exile through the pulp novels of the 1960s and 1970s and into mainstream works of the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET.
Preliminary observations -- Pre-Stonewall pioneers (1953-1969) -- Trailblazers in a hedonistic decade (1970-1980) -- Pathfinders during a dark time (1981-1994) -- Builders during years of loss and gain (1995-2004) -- Stalwarts versus the supernatural and dystopian schemes (1976-2004) -- Sleuths in comics, in movies, on television, and on stage (1964-2004) -- General characteristics of the gay sleuth -- Sleuths in novels, short stories, plays, and comics (1953-2004) -- Other fictional investigators of interest (1929-2004) -- Nonsleuthing fictional police officers (1966-2004) -- Sleuths in movies and on television (1966-2004) -- Sleuths in erotic videos (1973-2004) -- Other on-screen investigators of interest (1948-2004) -- Nonsleuthing on-screen police officers (1982-2004).
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-302) and index.