Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. The Crime Lab Theorizing Masculinity and the Detective Genre
6. Introduction: The Case 3
7. The Myths of Masculinity 27
8. Investigating Masculinity The 1940s and the 1980s
9. Investigating National Heroes: British Sleuths and American Dicks 55
10. Investigating Crisis: Neo-Noir Heroes and Femmes Fatales 95
11. Investigating Crisis: The Spectacle of “Musculinity” 125
12. Investigating The Crime Scene The 1990s and 2000s
13. Investigating the Hero: The Criminalist 157
14. Investigating the “Other”: Race and the Detective 189
15. Investigating the “Other”: Women and Youth 217
16. Investigating the “Other”: The Cult of Villainy 253
17. End of the Investigation: Case Closed 283
18. Notes 287
19. Selected Filmography 301
20. Works Cited 317
21. Index 337