James Bond and Popular Culture

Essays on the Influence of the Fictional Superspy

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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The most recognizable fictional spy and one of the longest running film franchises, James Bond has inspired a host of other pop culture contributions, including Doctor Who (the Jon Pertwee era), the animated television comedy series Archer, Matt Kindt's comic book series Mind MGMT, Japan's Nakano Spy School Films, the 1960s Italian Eurospy genre, and the recent 007 Legends video game. This collection of new essays analyzes Bond's phenomenal literary and filmic influence over the past 50-plus years. The 14 essays are categorized into five parts: film, television, literature, lifestyle (emphasis on fashion and home decor), and the Bond persona reinterpreted.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-11-12
Mått152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt390 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786477937

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Kulturvetenskap inom Samhalle och politik

Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword (Robert G. Weiner)IntroductionPart One. FilmJapan’s 1960s Spy Boom: Bond Meets Imperial Nostalgia (Michael Baskett)“Permission to kill”: Exploring Italy’s 1960s Eurospy Phenomenon, Impact and Legacy (Nicholas Diak)Subverting the Bond-Canon in Madame Sin and Se tutte le donne del mondo (Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns)Nation and Action: The Case of the Bollywood Spy Thriller (Ipshita Nath and Anubhav Pradhan)Part Two. TelevisionMr. Bond’s Neighborhood: Domesticating the Superspy for American Television (Cynthia W. Walker)The Undefined Agent, Illya Kuryakin: Making the Russian (In)Visible in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (Thomas M. Barrett)Who, Doctor Who: 007’s Influence on the Pertwee Era of Doctor Who (John Vohlidka)Refashioning James Bond as an American Secret Agent: Scarecrow and Mrs. King, 1983–1987 (Christine D. Myers) Part Three. LiteratureSuper-Spies Face the Collective Shadow of the Cold War in Matt Kindt’s Mind MGMT (Hannah Means-Shannon)Flirting with Bond: Or How I Created My Sexy Female Secret Agent (K.A. Laity)Part Four. LifestyleModelling Bond: The Cultural Perception of James Bond on the Eve of the Eon Production Films (Edward Biddulph)Derek Flint, Matt Helm, and the Playboy Spy of the 1960s (Brian Patton)Part Five. ReinterpretationsArcher: A Spy Parody for the Ears (Ian Dawe)“Sometimes the old ways are the best”: Ret-Conning in James Bond Video Games (James Fleury)Afterword (Trevor Sewell)About the ContributorsIndex