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Investigating Couples: A Critical Analysis of the Thin Man, the Avengers and the X-Files » (REV)

Book cover image of Investigating Couples: A Critical Analysis of the Thin Man, the Avengers and the X-Files by Tom Soter

Authors: Tom Soter
ISBN-13: 9780786411238, ISBN-10: 0786411236
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Date Published: November 2001
Edition: REV

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Author Biography: Tom Soter

Book Synopsis

Editorial director of Habitat magazine and an improvisational comedy teacher, Soter finds connections between the detective series of the 1930s, the spy series of the 1960s, and the science fiction series of the 1990s in the relations between the two main characters, a man and a woman. He looks at the precursors of the three series.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface1
1The Detective3
2The Tough Guy15
3The Romantic21
4Ballad of a Thin Man30
5A Humorous Hitch54
6When a Man Became a Woman63
7M-Appeal80
8Trust No One98
9The Truth Is Out There111
10A Man and a Woman125
App. 1The Thin Man: A Guide149
App. 2The Avengers: A Guide157
App. 3The X-Files: A Guide190
Chapter Notes221
Bibliography231
Index237

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