DETECTING MEN -- C O N T E N T S -- I L L U S T R A T I O N S -- A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S -- 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 -- N O T E S -- S E L E C T E D F I L M O G R A P H Y -- W O R K S C I T E D -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.