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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Detecting men : masculinity and the Hollywood detective film by Philippa Gates. ISBN 9780791468142. Published by State University of New York Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
