Shadows of Doubt: Negotiations of Masculinity in American Genre Films

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contemporary approaches to film and television series A complete listing of the books in this series can be found online at wsupress.wayne.edu General Editor Barry Keith Grant Brock University Advisory Editors Robert J. Burgoyne University of St. Andrews Caren J. Deming University of Arizona Patricia B. Erens School of the Art Institute of Chicago Peter X. Feng University of Delaware Lucy Fischer University of Pittsburgh Frances Gateward Ursinus College Tom Gunning University of Chicago Thomas Leitch University of Delaware Anna McCarthy New York University Walter Metz Southern Illinois University Lisa Parks University of California–Santa Barbara NEGOTIATIONS OF MASCULINITY IN AMERICAN GENRE FILMS SHADOWS OF DOUBT BARRY KEITH GRANT Wayne State University Press · Detroit © 2011 by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 48201. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without formal permission. Manufactured in the United States of America. library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Grant, Barry Keith, 1947– Shadows of doubt : negotiations of masculinity in American genre films / Barry Keith Grant. p. cm. — (Contemporary approaches to film and television series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8143-3457-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Masculinity in motion pictures. 2. Motion pictures—United States—History—20th century. I. Title. PN1995.9.M34G73 2010 791.43'6521—dc22 2010015131 ISBN 978-0-8143-3691-5 (e-book) To Jim, Joan, and Jeannette— steadfast colleagues through the years ...