Detecting men : masculinity and the Hollywood detective film /

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"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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Gates, Philippa, 1973-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2006.
Collection:SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video.
Sujets:
Detective and mystery films > United States > History and criticism.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Films de détective > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Masculinité au cinéma.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
Detective and mystery films
Masculinity in motion pictures
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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