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Author:   Steven Gerrard (Leeds Beckett University, UK) ,  Samantha Holland
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Emerald Publishing Limited
ISBN:  

9781838671631

ISBN 10:   1838671633
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   26 March 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Introduction Steven Gerrard Part One: Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Chapter 1. Keeping the British end up: James Bond and the varieties of Britishness; James Chapman Chapter 2. The Patriotic Spy: For Queen, Empire and Dry Martinis; Jennie Lewis-Vidler Chapter 3. Adapting the male hero: the comic strip adventures of James Bond; Robert Shail Chapter 4. Seven James Bonds at Casino Royale;Wickham & Clayton Chapter 5. Fitting Fleming's hero like a Savile Row suit: The tailoring of James Bond; Llewella Chapman Part Two Bond Girls, Bond Women Chapter 6. The Soviet Woman in Bond Films; Helena Bassil-Morozow Chapter 7. Babes and Bullets: The representation of gender in Bond themes and title sequences; Shelley O'Brien Chapter 8. Her Word Was Her Bond: Johanna Harwood, Bond's First Woman Screenwriter; Melanie Williams Chapter 9. Her Majesty's Secret Service: Judi Dench's M and her monarchial tenure; Charlotte AllanChapter 10. Moneypenny: Jane or Eve? Ethos, pathos and the woman behind all Bonds;Octavio Aragão Part Three: Nobody Does It Better Chapter 11. Loaded Magazines: James Bond and British men's mags in the Brosnan era; Claire Hines and Stephanie Jones Chapter 12. Blofeld Steven Gerrard Chapter 13. Standard Operating Procedure. Boys with Toys: Hackers, Gamers and the Hegemony of Play in GoldenEye; Dean Bowman Chapter 14. Miss Moneypenny and the Friend-Zone: The Indispensable and Sexually Unavailable 'Bond Girl'; Janelle Vermaak and Natalie Le Clue Chapter 15. Celebrating 10 years of Idris Elba becoming James Bond any second now: fandom, ownership, and the alt-right; Renee Middlemost

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Steven Gerrard is Reader in Film at Northern Film School, Leeds Beckett University. Steve has written two monographs: The Carry On Films and The Modern British Horror Film, an analysis of how post-millennium texts such as F and Mum & Dad reflect a fractured British society. Steve was instigator and co-editor of Crank It Up: Jason Statham - Star! and also co-editor of Emerald Publishing's Gender in Contemporary Horror series. In his spare time, he longs to be either Status Quo's rhythm guitarist or the new Doctor Who. He'll have a long wait.

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