Philippa Gates’s "Detecting Men: Masculinity and the Hollywood Detective Film" (2006) analyzes how Hollywood detective films reflect and shape societal ideals of masculinity, heroism, and justice, tracking the evolution from intellectual classical sleuths to physically driven, modern criminalists. The work argues that the detective figure is a crucial site for negotiating anxieties regarding changing gender norms and crime, tracing this shift through to the "hard bodies" of the 1980s and modern forensic expertise. For more details, visit ResearchGate . Detecting Men: Masculinity and the Hollywood Detective Film
You are currently viewing a placeholder content from Turnstile. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers.
More InformationYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from Vimeo. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers.
More InformationYou are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers.
More InformationYou need to load content from reCAPTCHA to submit the form. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers.
More Information