Detecting Men : Masculinity and the Hollywood Detective Film /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gates, Philippa, 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Detective and mystery films > United States > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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.

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