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Detecting men : masculinity and the Hollywood detective film /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gates, Philippa, 1973-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2006]
Series:SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video.
Subjects:
Detective and mystery films > United States > History and criticism.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the case
  • The myths of masculinity
  • Investigating national heroes : British sleuths and American dicks
  • Investigating crisis: neo-noir heroes and femmes fatales
  • Investigating crisis: the spectacle of "musculinity"
  • Investigating the hero: the criminalist
  • Investigating the "other": race and the detective
  • Investigating the "other": women and youth
  • Investigating the "other": the cult of villainy
  • End of the investigation: case closed.