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Detecting men : masculinity and the Hollywood detective film /
"Detecting Men examines the history of the Hollywood detective genre and the ways that detective films have negotiated changing social attitudes toward masculinity, heroism, law enforcement, and justice. In this volume, Philippa Gates examines classical films of the thirties and forties as well...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2006.
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| Colección: | SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Detecting Men examines the history of the Hollywood detective genre and the ways that detective films have negotiated changing social attitudes toward masculinity, heroism, law enforcement, and justice. In this volume, Philippa Gates examines classical films of the thirties and forties as well as recent examples of the genre, including Die Hard, the Lethal Weapon films, The Usual Suspects, Seven, Devil in a Blue Dress, and Murder by Numbers, in order to explore social anxieties about masculinity and crime and Hollywood's conceptions of gender. Up until the early 1990s, Gates argues, the primary focus of the detective genre was the masculinity of the hero. However, from the mid-1990s onward, the genre has shifted to more technical portrayals of crime scene investigation, forensic science, and criminal profiling, offering a reassuring image of law enforcement in the face of violent crime. By investigating the evolution of the detective film, Gates suggests, perhaps we can detect the male."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 346 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Filmography: pages 301-316. Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-335) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781429457941 1429457945 0791468135 9780791468135 0791468143 9780791468142 0791481387 9780791481387 |