Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-335) and index. Includes filmography: p. 301-316.
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.
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