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CONTENTS > Acknowledgements iv > List of Illustrations v PART I THE CRIME LAB¿THEORIZING MASCULINITY AND THE DETECTIVE GENRE 1 > Introduction: The Case 2 2 > The Myths of Masculinity 27 PART II INVESTIGATING MASCULINITY¿THE 1940S AND THE 1980S 3 > Investigating National Heroes: British Sleuths and American Dicks 55 4 > Investigating Crisis: Neo-Noir Heroes and Femmes Fatales 98 5 > Investigating Crisis: The Spectacle of ¿Musculinity¿ 129 PART III INVESTIGATING THE CRIME SCENE¿THE 1990S AND 2000S 6 > Investigating the Hero: The Criminalist 161 7 > Investigating the ¿Other¿: Race and the Detective 196 8 > Investigating the ¿Other¿: Women and Youth 226 9 > Investigating the ¿Other¿: The Cult of Villainy 264 10 > End of the Investigation: Case Closed 296 Notes > 299 Bibliography > 319 Filmography > 344
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Detective and mystery films -- United States -- History and criticism.
Masculinity in motion pictures.