{"product_id":"the-playboy-and-james-bond-9780719082269","title":"The playboy and James Bond","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA study of the Bond phenomenon and its relation to the rise of playboy culture from the 1960s onwards. -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This book engages a range of topic relevant to university courses in fields such as English, History and Cultural Studies. It will also appeal to fans of Bond and popular culture. The playboy and James Bond is concise, fluent and eminently readable, striking the right balance between sharp analysis and telling a compelling story.’\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Christoph Linder, University of Oregon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The more fascinating part of Hines’s analysis, however, goes beyond the two enterprises’ mutual boosting to spotlight the astonishingly parallel guidance they provided in encouraging male consumerism. One of the shared foci, on “fetishized mechanical objects”, was represented by Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 car and the Playboy automated round bed. Both \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e and Bond encouraged the commodification of women and guilt-free (hetero-)sexuality, as evidences by the Bond girls and Playboy Bunnies. Both championed elaborate male grooming routines, gourmet food and alcohol, and travel to exotic locations … [This book] would be of use to scholars and teachers of intertextual analysis, magazine studies, and gender and sex in the media. It could also make an excellent addition to the reading lists of seminars on fanship studies or fan magazines.'\u003cbr\u003eJournal of Magazine Media\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1 Before the Bond\u003cbr\u003e2 The literary Bond\u003cbr\u003e3 The Connery Bond\u003cbr\u003e4 The consumer Bond\u003cbr\u003e5 The Bond women\u003cbr\u003e6 The Bond beyond\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037329195351,"sku":"9780719082269","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719082269.jpg?v=1750935314","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-playboy-and-james-bond-9780719082269","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}