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Book SynopsisSpanning the franchise’s entire history, from Sean Connery’s iconic swagger to Daniel Craig’s rougher, more visceral interpretation of the superspy,
James Bond Will Return offers both academic readers and fans a comprehensive view of the series’s transformations against the backdrop of real-world geopolitical intrigue and sweeping social changes.
Trade ReviewWith a stellar lineup of authors offering sharp, original analysis of every James Bond film to date, this book delivers a fascinating retrospective of the 007 franchise at a critical moment in the extended life of the series. -- Christoph Lindner, editor of
The James Bond Phenomenon,
Revisioning 007, and
Resisting James BondFeaturing established Bond scholars and new voices, this collection offers new and exciting perspectives on the film franchise. While each of the Bond films are a product of the time they were made, these essays tell us that the series has relevance to the world we live in today. Well written and fun to read,
James Bond Will Return will excite even the most seasoned Bond scholar and fan. -- Robert G. Weiner, coeditor of
James Bond in World and Popular CultureJames Bond Will Return takes a chronological, anthological approach to the study of the cinematic Bond, enabling a totalizing view of the so-called ‘Bond experience.’ This is the most expansive and well-organized coverage of the Bond cinematic universe to date, representing film and cultural history par excellence. -- Ian Kinane, author of
Ian Fleming and the Politics of Ambivalence and general editor of the
International Journal of James Bond StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: James Bond—Agent of Continuity and Change, by Claire Hines, Terence McSweeney, and Stuart Joy
1. Bond and the New Elizabethans: Tradition and Modernity in
Dr. No (1962), by Laura Crossley
2. “A Real Labour of Love, as They Say”: James Bond as a Sexual Plaything in
From Russia with Love (1963), by Lucy Bolton
3. The Midas Touch: Eastmancolor, the Bond Franchise, and
Goldfinger (1964), by Keith M. Johnston
4. The Popular Geopolitics of
Thunderball (1965): Look Up, Look Down, and Look Everywhere!, by Klaus Dodds
5. Bond in the East: Orientalism and the Exotic in
You Only Live Twice (1967), by Robert Shail
6. The Other Fellow:
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), by James Chapman
7.
Diamonds Are Forever (1971): 007 and Transatlantic States of Emergency, by Ian Scott
8. From Harlem to San Monique: Spatial Dichotomies, Voodoo, and Cultural Identity in
Live and Let Die (1973), by Fran Pheasant-Kelly
9. “We All Get Our Jollies One Way or Another”: The Perversity and Pleasure of Christopher Lee in
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), by Julie Lobalzo Wright
10.
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)—Nobody Does It Better: “Keeping the British End Up” at a Time of National Crisis, by Terence McSweeney
11.
Moonraker (1979) and the Canvas of Escapism, by Steven Gerrard
12. The Spectre of Death: Revenge and Retribution in
For Your Eyes Only (1981), by Stuart Joy
13. The (Clown) Suited Hero: James Bond, Costume, Gender and Disguise in
Octopussy (1983), by Claire Hines
14. Scowls and Cowls: Grace Jones, Costume Design, and
A View to a Kill (1985), by Randall Stevens
15. “A Time When Indiscriminating Bed-Hopping Is Definitely Not Advisable”: Safe-Sex References in the UK Press Reception of
The Living Daylights (1987), by Stephanie Jones
16. Bond in the New World Orders:
Licence to Kill (1989), by Stacey Peebles
17. Cold War Nostalgia, (Geo)Political Progress, and James Bond in
GoldenEye (1995), by Tatiana Konrad
18. Bond by the Numbers:
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), by Llewella Chapman
19. Bond at the Crossroads:
The World Is Not Enough (1999), by Tobias Hochscherf
20. The Digital Domain of
Die Another Day (2002), by Christopher Holliday
21. What Matters More: Hierarchies of Value in
Casino Royale (2006), by Christine Muller
22. “Like a Bullet . . .”: Speed, Economy, and Canonical Continuity in
Quantum of Solace (2008), by Estella Tincknell
23. “Sometimes the Old Ways Are the Best”: Technology and the Body in a Gothic Reading of Sam Mendes’s
Skyfall (2012), by Monica Germanà
24. “It’s Always Been Me”: Spectrality, Hauntings, and Retcon in
Spectre (2015), by James Smith
25.
No Time to Die (2021) and The Spy Who Loved #MeToo?, by Terence McSweeney and Stuart Joy
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
Index
