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BL
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643031
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| Main Entry
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Gates, Philippa,1973-
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| Title & Author
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Detecting women : : gender and the Hollywood detective film /\ Philippa Gates
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| Publication Statement
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Albany :: SUNY Press,, c2011
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x, 400 p. :: ill. ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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9781438434056
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: 1438434057
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: 9781438434049
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: 1438434049
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| Notes
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leisure reading
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-374) and index
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Includes filmography (p.353-360)
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| Contents
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The crime lab : gender and the detective genre. Introduction: The case -- Detecting criticism : theorizing gender and the detective genre -- The rise and demise of the classical female detective, 1929 to 1950. Movie modernization : the film industry and working women in the Depression -- Detecting as a hobby : amateur and professional detectives in the 1930s -- Sob sisters don't cry : the girl reporter as detective in the 1930s -- In name only : the transformation of the female detective in the 1940s -- The maritorious melodrama : the female detective in 1940s film noir -- From crime-fighter to crime scene investigator, 1970 to today. Femme might makes right : the 1970s blaxploitation vigilante crime-fighter -- Detecting the bounds of the law : the female lawyer thriller of the 1980s -- Detecting identity : from investigative thrillers to crime some investigators
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| Subject
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Detective and mystery films-- United States-- History and criticism
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Women detectives in motion pictures
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Women in motion pictures
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| LC Classification
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PN1995.9.D4G385 2011
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