From Blofeld to Moneypenny : gender in James Bond /

The world of James Bond is complex and ever growing. The British secret agent started off life as a semi-fictional, part-biographical character in Ian Fleming's 1953 novel, Casino Royale. Since then, 007 has captured the minds and hearts of a worldwide audience, and the franchise is now availab...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gerrard, Steven (Editor)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020.
Series:Emerald studies in popular culture and gender
Subjects:
Bond, James > (Fictitious character) > In literature.
James Bond films.
Characters and characteristics.
Performing arts, Film, Genres, Action & Adventure.
Film: styles & genres.
Online Access:Full-text access
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction Steven Gerrard Part One: Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
  • Chapter 1: Keeping the British end up: James Bond and the varieties of Britishness / James Chapman
  • Chapter 2: The Patriotic Spy: For Queen, Empire and Dry Martinis / Jennie Lewis-Vidler
  • Chapter 3: Adapting the male hero: the comic strip adventures of James Bond / Robert Shail
  • Chapter 4: Seven James Bonds at Casino Royale /Wickham & Clayton
  • Chapter 5: Fitting Fleming's hero like a Savile Row suit: The tailoring of James Bond / Llewella Chapman Part Two Bond Girls, Bond Women
  • Chapter 6: The Soviet Woman in Bond Films / Helena Bassil-Morozow
  • Chapter 7: Babes and Bullets: The representation of gender in Bond themes and title sequences / Shelley O'Brien
  • Chapter 8: Her Word Was Her Bond: Johanna Harwood, Bond's First Woman Screenwriter / Melanie Williams
  • Chapter 9: Her Majesty's Secret Service: Judi Dench's M and her monarchial tenure / Charlotte Allan
  • Chapter 10: Moneypenny: Jane or Eve? Ethos, pathos and the woman behind all Bonds /Octavio Aragão Part Three: Nobody Does It Better
  • Chapter 11: Loaded Magazines: James Bond and British men's mags in the Brosnan era / Claire Hines and Stephanie Jones
  • Chapter 12: Blofeld Steven Gerrard
  • Chapter 13: Standard Operating Procedure. Boys with Toys: Hackers, Gamers and the Hegemony of Play in GoldenEye / Dean Bowman
  • Chapter 14: Miss Moneypenny and the Friend-Zone: The Indispensable and Sexually Unavailable 'Bond Girl' / Janelle Vermaak and Natalie Le Clue
  • Chapter 15: Celebrating 10 years of Idris Elba becoming James Bond any second now: fandom, ownership, and the alt-right / Renee Middlemost.

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