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Author Gates, Philippa, 1973-

Title Detecting men : masculinity and the Hollywood detective film / Philippa Gates.

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (x, 346 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video
SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video.
Bibliography Filmography: pages 301-316.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-335) and index.
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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Subject Detective and mystery films -- United States -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery films.
United States.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Gates, Philippa, 1973- Detecting men. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2006 0791468135 9780791468135 (DLC) 2005024123 (OCoLC)61478646
ISBN 9781429457941 (electronic book)
1429457945 (electronic book)
0791468135 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780791468135 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0791468143 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780791468142 (paperback ; alkaline paper)