Detecting women
Subtitle: gender and the Hollywood detective film
By: Philippa Gates
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781438434056; 9781438434049
Subjects: Detective and mystery films; Women in motion pictures; History and criticism; Women detectives in motion pictures
Description: x, 400 p. : 23 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-374) and index.

Includes filmography (p.353-360).
Table of contents: title: The crime lab : gender and the detective genre; title: The rise and demise of the classical female detective, 1929 to 1950; title: From crime-fighter to crime scene investigator, 1970 to today.