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Detecting men : masculinity and the Hollywood detective film / Philippa Gates.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gates, Philippa, 1973-
- Series:
- SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video.
- SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detective and mystery films--United States--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery films.
- Masculinity in motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (358 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Looks at how detective films have reflected and shaped our ideas about masculinity, heroism, law and order, and national identity.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Filmography: p. 301-316.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-335) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780791481387
- 0791481387
- 9781429457941
- 1429457945
- OCLC:
- 85868381
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