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Detecting Men examines the history of the Hollywood detective genre and the ways that detective films have negotiated changing social attitudes toward masculinity, heroism, law enforcement, and justice. Genre film can be a site for the expression and resolution of problematic social issues, but while there have been many studies of such other male genres as war films, gangster films, and Westerns, relatively little attention has been paid to detective films beyond film noir. In this volume, Philippa Gates examines classical films of the thirties and forties as well as recent examples of the genre, including Die Hard, the Lethal Weapon films, The Usual Suspects, Seven, Devil in a Blue Dress, and Murder by Numbers, in order to explore social anxieties about masculinity and crime and Hollywood's conceptions of gender. Up until the early 1990s, Gates argues, the primary focus of the detective genre was the masculinity of the hero. However, from the mid-1990s onward, the genre has shifted to more technical portrayals of crime scene investigation, forensic science, and criminal profiling, offering a reassuring image of law enforcement in the face of violent crime. By investigating the evolution of the detective film, Gates suggests, perhaps we can detect the male.

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Publisher
STATE University of New York Press
ISBN-10
0791468143
ISBN-13
9780791468142
eBay Product ID (ePID)
48625910

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Book Title
Detecting Men : Masculinity and the Hollywood Detective Film
Author
Philippa Gates
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Mystery & Detective, Men's Studies, Popular Culture
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Literary Criticism, Social Science
Number of Pages
356 Pages

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9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Pn1995.9.D4g38 2006
Reviews
"This topic is timely and in many ways overdue. This is the first book to really put all the pieces together, and in the process of constructing this historical overview, Gates discovers profound connections and shifts that others have missed." -- Peter Lehman, author of Roy Orbison: The Invention of an Alternative Rock Masculinity
Table of Content
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments PART I The Crime Lab--Theorizing Masculinity and the Detective Genre 1. Introduction: The Case 2. The Myths of Masculinity Part II Investigating Masculinity--The 1940s and the 1980s 3. Investigating National Heroes: British Sleuths and American Dicks 4. Investigating Crisis: Neo-Noir Heroes and Femmes Fatales 5. Investigating Crisis: The Spectacle of "Musculinity" Part III Investigating the Crime Scene--The 1990s and 2000s 6. Investigating the Hero: The Criminalist 7. Investigating the "Other": Race and the Detective 8. Investigating the "Other": Women and Youth 9. Investigating the "Other": The Cult of Villainy 10. End of the Investigation: Case Closed Notes Filmography Works Cited Index
Copyright Date
2006
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2005-024123
Dewey Decimal
791.43/6556
Series
Suny Series, Cultural Studies in Cinema/Video Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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