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The James Bond phenomenon : a critical reader
- Title
- The James Bond phenomenon : a critical reader / edited by Christoph Lindner.
- Publication
- Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Lindner, Christoph, 1971-
- Description
- xvi, 268 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- The essays in this collection consider the James Bond novels and films in relation to their historical, political and social contexts, from the Cold-War period onwards. They also examine the classic Bond canon from an array of theoretical perspectives.
- Subjects
- Bond, James (Literarische Gestalt)
- Bond, James (Fictitious character)
- Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964 > Film adaptations
- Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964 > Characters > James Bond
- Bond, James Fiktive Gestalt
- Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964 > Film and video adaptations
- Adaptations cinématographiques
- Film adaptations
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Cold War in literature
- Cold War in motion pictures
- James Bond films > History and criticism
- Spy stories, English > History and criticism
- Spionagefilms
- Spionageverhalen
- James Bond
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Video adaptations
- Spies in literature
- Espionage in literature
- Cold War (1945-1989) in motion pictures
- Cold War (1945-1989) in literature
- Genre/Form
- Film adaptations.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Adaptations cinématographiques.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-262) and index.
- Contents
- PART I. READING 007 -- The Moments of Bond / Tony Bennett, Janet Woollacott -- Narrative Structures in Fleming / Umberto Eco -- Licensed to Look: James Bond and the Heroism of Consumption / Michael Denning -- Criminal Vision and the Ideology of Detection in Fleming's 007 Series / Christoph Lindner -- PART II. SCREENING 007 -- A Licence to Thrill / James Chapman -- The James Bond Films: Conditions of Production / Janet Woollacott -- Creating A Bond Market: Selling John Barry's Soundtracks and Theme Songs / Jeff Smith -- Doctor No: Bonding Britishness to Racial Sovereignty / Cynthia Baron -- Hard-Wear: The Millenium, Technology, and Brosnan's Bond / Martin Willis -- PART III. RE-THINKING 007 -- "Under the Very Skirts of Britannia": Re-Reading Women in the James Bond Novels / Christine Bold -- Pussy Galore / Elisabeth Ladenson -- Britain's Last Line of Defence: Miss Moneypenny and the Desperations of Filmic Feminism / Tara Brabazon -- Dial 'M' For Metonym: Universal Exports, M's Office Space and Empire / Paul Stock -- James Bond's Penis / Toby Miller -- "The World Has Changed": Bond in the 1990s -- and Beyond? / Jim Leach.
- ISBN
- 0719065402
- 9780719065408
- 0719065410
- 9780719065415
- LCCN
- 2003059337
- OCLC
- ocm52714698
- 52714698
- SCSB-14636950
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library