Gates Philippa. Detecting men: masculinity and the Hollywood detective film

State University of New York Press, Albany, 2006. — 358p.List of IllustrationsThe Crime Lab—Theorizing Masculinity
and the Detective Genre
Introduction: The Case
The Myths of Masculinity
Investigating Masculinity—The 1940s and the 1980s
Investigating National Heroes: British Sleuths and American Dicks
Investigating Crisis: Neo-Noir Heroes and Femmes Fatales
Investigating Crisis: The Spectacle of “Musculinity”
Investigating the Crime Scene—The 1990s and 2000s
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
Notes
Filmography
Works Cited