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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.
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.
Note Print version record.
Subject Detective and mystery films -- United States -- History and criticism.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
Detective and mystery films. (OCoLC)fst00891450
Masculinity in motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01011041
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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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 bk.)
1429457945 (electronic bk.)
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