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For his eyes only : the women of James Bond
Title:
For his eyes only : the women of James Bond
Author:
Funnell, Lisa, 1980-
ISBN:
9780231176156
Publication Information:
New York : Wallflower Press, c2015.
Physical Description:
xviii, 309 p. ; 24 cm
Contents:
Forward / The women of James Bond / From novel to film: "Women were for recreation" : the gender politics of Ian Fleming's James Bond / The Bond girl who is not there : the Tiffany Case / James Bond and female authority : the female M in the Bond novels and films

Desiring the other: Desiring the Soviet woman : Tatiana Romanova and From Russia with love / "The old ways are best" : the colonization of women of color in Bond films / Bond's bit on the side : race, exoticism and the Bond "fluffer" character / The politics of representation : disciplining and domesticating Miss Moneypenny in Skyfall / Objects of white male desire : (d)evolving representations of Asian women in Bond films

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

Gendered conventions: Female bodies in James Bond title sequences / Random access mysteries : James Bond and the matter of the unknown woman / Pussy Galore : women and music in Goldfinger / Female voice and the Bond films / Designing character : costume, Bond girls, and negotiating representation

Female agency and gender roles: Secret agent nuptials : marriage, gender roles, and the "different Bond woman" in On Her Majesty's Secret Service / The spy who fooled me : the early Bond girl and the magician's assistant / "Women drivers" : the changing role of the Bond girl in vehicle chases / "It's not for everyone" : James Bond and Miss Moneypenny in Skyfall / "Who is Salt?" : the difficulty of constructing a female James Bond and reconstructing gender expectations

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 / M, 007, and the challenge of female authority in the Bond franchise / "M"(O)thering : female representation of age and power in James Bond / Property of a lady : (s)mothering Judi Dench's M
Subject:
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.