| Description |
1 online resource (x, 400 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Includes filmography. |
| Contents |
The crime lab : gender and the detective genre. Introduction : the case -- Detecting criticism : theorizing gender and the detective genre -- The rise and demise of the classical female detective, 1929 to 1950. Movie modernization : the film industry and working women in the Depression -- Detecting as a hobby : amateur and professional detectives in the 1930s -- Sob sisters don't cry : the girl reporter as detective in the 1930s -- In name only : the transformation of the female detective in the 1940s -- The maritorious melodrama : the female detective in 1940s film noir -- From crime-fighter to crime scene investigator, 1970 to today. Femme might makes right : the 1970s blaxploitation vigilante crime-fighter -- Detecting the bounds of the law : the female lawyer thriller of the 1980s -- Detecting identity : from investigative thrillers to crime scene investigators. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery films -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Detective and mystery films. |
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United States. |
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Women detectives in motion pictures.
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Women detectives in motion pictures. |
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Women in motion pictures.
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Women in motion pictures. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gates, Philippa, 1973- Detecting women. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2011 9781438434056 (DLC) 2010023363 (OCoLC)642509285 |
| ISBN |
9781441695420 (electronic book) |
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1441695427 (electronic book) |
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9781438434056 |
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1438434057 |
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9781438434049 |
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1438434049 |
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9781438434063 |
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