Shadows of Doubt: Negotiations of Masculinity in American Genre Films - Paperbackby Barry Keith Grant (Author) Considers representations of masculine identity and sexuality in popular film across the work of several American directors and genres. In Shadows of Doubt: Negotiations of Masculinity in American Genre Films, Barry Keith Grant questions the idea that Hollywood movies reflect moments of crisis in the dominant image of masculinity. Arguing instead that part of the mythic function of genre movies is to offer audiences an