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For his eyes only : the women of James Bond / edited by Lisa Funnell

Contributor(s): Funnell, Lisa, 1980- [editor.]Language: English Publisher: New York : Wallflower Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: xviii, 309 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780231176156 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0231176155 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780231176149 (cloth : alk. paper); 0231176147 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): James Bond films -- History and criticism | Women in motion pictures | Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964. James Bond books | Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964 -- Characters -- Women | Dench, Judi, 1934- -- Performances | Bond, James (fiktiv gestalt) | Filmvetenskap -- kvinnobilden -- Storbritannien -- 1900-talet -- 2000-talet | Hegemonisk manlighet -- mansbilden -- hjältar -- film | Könsolikheter | Sexualitet | Genus | Etnicitet | Gender differences | Film studies -- image of women -- Great Britain -- 20th century -- 21st century | Hegemonic masculinity -- image of men -- heroes -- film | Sexuality | Gender | Ethnicity | James Bond-filmer -- genusaspekter | Kvinnor i filmen | Kvinnor på film | James Bond | Könsroller på filmLOC classification: PN1995.9.J3 | F67 2015
Contents:
Forward / Christoph Lindner -- Introduction. The women of James Bond / Lisa Funnell -- Section 1: From novel to film: "Women were for recreation" : the gender politics of Ian Fleming's James Bond / James Chapman -- The Bond girl who is not there : the Tiffany Case / Boel Ulfsdotter -- James Bond and female authority : the female M in the Bond novels and films / Jim Leach.
Section 2: Desiring the other: Desiring the Soviet woman : Tatiana Romanova and From Russia with love / Thomas M. Barrett -- "The old ways are best" : the colonization of women of color in Bond films / Travis L. Wagner -- Bond's bit on the side : race, exoticism and the Bond "fluffer" character / Charles Burnetts -- The politics of representation : disciplining and domesticating Miss Moneypenny in Skyfall / Kristen Shaw -- Objects of white male desire : (d)evolving representations of Asian women in Bond films / Lisa Funnell.
Section 3: Feminist critiques and movements: "Never trust a rich spy" : Ursula Andress, Vesper Lynd, and mythic power in Casino Royale 1967 / Robert von Dassanowsky -- "This never happened to the other fellow" : On Her Majesty's Secret Service as Bond woman's film / Marlisa Santos -- "What really went on up there James?" : Bond's wife, Blofeld's patients, and empowered Bond women / Dan Mills -- Sisterhood as resistance in For your eyes only and Octopussy / Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns -- Bond is not enough : Elektra King and the desiring Bond girl / Alexander Sergeant.
Section 4: Gendered conventions: Female bodies in James Bond title sequences / Sabine Planka -- Random access mysteries : James Bond and the matter of the unknown woman / Eileen Rositzka -- Pussy Galore : women and music in Goldfinger / Catherine Haworth -- Female voice and the Bond films / Anna G. Piotrowska -- Designing character : costume, Bond girls, and negotiating representation / Andrea J. Severson.
Section 5: Female agency and gender roles: Secret agent nuptials : marriage, gender roles, and the "different Bond woman" in On Her Majesty's Secret Service / Stephen Nepa -- The spy who fooled me : the early Bond girl and the magician's assistant / Ross Karlan -- "Women drivers" : the changing role of the Bond girl in vehicle chases / Stephanie Jones -- "It's not for everyone" : James Bond and Miss Moneypenny in Skyfall / Klaus Dodds -- "Who is Salt?" : the difficulty of constructing a female James Bond and reconstructing gender expectations / Jeffrey A. Brown.
Section 6: Judi Dench's tenure as M: From masculine mastermind to maternal martyr : Judi Dench's M, Skyfall, and the patriarchal logic of James Bond films / Peter C. Kunze -- M, 007, and the challenge of female authority in the Bond franchise / Brian Patton -- "M"(O)thering : female representation of age and power in James Bond / Lori L. Parks -- Mothering the Bond - M relation in Skyfall and the Bond girl intervention / Christopher Holliday -- Property of a lady : (s)mothering Judi Dench's M / Michael W. Boyce.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-298) and index.

Forward / Christoph Lindner -- Introduction. The women of James Bond / Lisa Funnell -- Section 1: From novel to film: "Women were for recreation" : the gender politics of Ian Fleming's James Bond / James Chapman -- The Bond girl who is not there : the Tiffany Case / Boel Ulfsdotter -- James Bond and female authority : the female M in the Bond novels and films / Jim Leach.

Section 2: Desiring the other: Desiring the Soviet woman : Tatiana Romanova and From Russia with love / Thomas M. Barrett -- "The old ways are best" : the colonization of women of color in Bond films / Travis L. Wagner -- Bond's bit on the side : race, exoticism and the Bond "fluffer" character / Charles Burnetts -- The politics of representation : disciplining and domesticating Miss Moneypenny in Skyfall / Kristen Shaw -- Objects of white male desire : (d)evolving representations of Asian women in Bond films / Lisa Funnell.

Section 3: Feminist critiques and movements: "Never trust a rich spy" : Ursula Andress, Vesper Lynd, and mythic power in Casino Royale 1967 / Robert von Dassanowsky -- "This never happened to the other fellow" : On Her Majesty's Secret Service as Bond woman's film / Marlisa Santos -- "What really went on up there James?" : Bond's wife, Blofeld's patients, and empowered Bond women / Dan Mills -- Sisterhood as resistance in For your eyes only and Octopussy / Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns -- Bond is not enough : Elektra King and the desiring Bond girl / Alexander Sergeant.

Section 4: Gendered conventions: Female bodies in James Bond title sequences / Sabine Planka -- Random access mysteries : James Bond and the matter of the unknown woman / Eileen Rositzka -- Pussy Galore : women and music in Goldfinger / Catherine Haworth -- Female voice and the Bond films / Anna G. Piotrowska -- Designing character : costume, Bond girls, and negotiating representation / Andrea J. Severson.

Section 5: Female agency and gender roles: Secret agent nuptials : marriage, gender roles, and the "different Bond woman" in On Her Majesty's Secret Service / Stephen Nepa -- The spy who fooled me : the early Bond girl and the magician's assistant / Ross Karlan -- "Women drivers" : the changing role of the Bond girl in vehicle chases / Stephanie Jones -- "It's not for everyone" : James Bond and Miss Moneypenny in Skyfall / Klaus Dodds -- "Who is Salt?" : the difficulty of constructing a female James Bond and reconstructing gender expectations / Jeffrey A. Brown.

Section 6: Judi Dench's tenure as M: From masculine mastermind to maternal martyr : Judi Dench's M, Skyfall, and the patriarchal logic of James Bond films / Peter C. Kunze -- M, 007, and the challenge of female authority in the Bond franchise / Brian Patton -- "M"(O)thering : female representation of age and power in James Bond / Lori L. Parks -- Mothering the Bond - M relation in Skyfall and the Bond girl intervention / Christopher Holliday -- Property of a lady : (s)mothering Judi Dench's M / Michael W. Boyce.