James Bond and popular culture : essays on the influence of the fictional superspy / edited by Michele Brittany.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brittany, Michele, 1965- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964.

Spy films--History and criticism.

Spy films.

James Bond films--History and criticism.

James Bond films.

Espionage in motion pictures.

Spy television programs--History and criticism.

Spy television programs.

Spies in literature.

Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964--Characters--James Bond.

Fleming, Ian.

Bond, James (Fictitious character).

Bond, James.

Physical Description:

ix, 277 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]

Summary:

"The 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 007 Legends video game"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Film. Japan'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 & Anubhav Pradhan

Television. Mr. 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.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

Literature. Super-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

Lifestyle. Modelling 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

Reinterpretation. Archer: 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786477937

0786477938

OCLC:

882191792