Philippa Gates is Associate Professor of Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, and is the coeditor (with Stacy Gillis) of The Devil Himself: Villainy in Detective Fiction and Film.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments PART I The Crime Lab—Theorizing Masculinity and the Detective Genre 1. Introduction: The Case 2. The Myths of Masculinity Part II Investigating Masculinity—The 1940s and the 1980s 3. Investigating National Heroes: British Sleuths and American Dicks 4. Investigating Crisis: Neo-Noir Heroes and Femmes Fatales 5. Investigating Crisis: The Spectacle of "Musculinity" Part III Investigating the Crime Scene—The 1990s and 2000s 6. Investigating the Hero: The Criminalist 7. Investigating the "Other": Race and the Detective 8. Investigating the "Other": Women and Youth 9. Investigating the "Other": The Cult of Villainy 10. End of the Investigation: Case Closed NotesFilmographyWorks CitedIndex

Philippa Gates is Associate Professor of Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, and is the coeditor (with Stacy Gillis) of The Devil Himself: Villainy in Detective Fiction and Film.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments PART I The Crime Lab—Theorizing Masculinity and the Detective Genre 1. Introduction: The Case 2. The Myths of Masculinity Part II Investigating Masculinity—The 1940s and the 1980s 3. Investigating National Heroes: British Sleuths and American Dicks 4. Investigating Crisis: Neo-Noir Heroes and Femmes Fatales 5. Investigating Crisis: The Spectacle of "Musculinity" Part III Investigating the Crime Scene—The 1990s and 2000s 6. Investigating the Hero: The Criminalist 7. Investigating the "Other": Race and the Detective 8. Investigating the "Other": Women and Youth 9. Investigating the "Other": The Cult of Villainy 10. End of the Investigation: Case Closed NotesFilmographyWorks CitedIndex

Philippa Gates is Associate Professor of Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, and is the coeditor (with Stacy Gillis) of The Devil Himself: Villainy in Detective Fiction and Film.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments PART I The Crime Lab—Theorizing Masculinity and the Detective Genre 1. Introduction: The Case 2. The Myths of Masculinity Part II Investigating Masculinity—The 1940s and the 1980s 3. Investigating National Heroes: British Sleuths and American Dicks 4. Investigating Crisis: Neo-Noir Heroes and Femmes Fatales 5. Investigating Crisis: The Spectacle of "Musculinity" Part III Investigating the Crime Scene—The 1990s and 2000s 6. Investigating the Hero: The Criminalist 7. Investigating the "Other": Race and the Detective 8. Investigating the "Other": Women and Youth 9. Investigating the "Other": The Cult of Villainy 10. End of the Investigation: Case Closed NotesFilmographyWorks CitedIndex