TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements ...... ix
FOREWORD
Christoph Lindner ...... xvii INTRODUCTION: THE WOMEN OF JAMES BOND
Lisa Funnell ...... 1
SECTION 1: FROM NOVEL TO FILM 1 “WOMEN WERE FOR RECREATION”: The Gender Politics of Ian Fleming’s James Bond
James Chapman ...... 7
2 THE BOND GIRL WHO IS NOT THERE: The Tiffany Case
Boel Ulfsdotter ...... 18
3 JAMES BOND AND FEMALE AUTHORITY: The Female M in the Bond Novels and Films
Jim Leach ...... 28
SECTION 2: DESIRING THE OTHER 4 DESIRING THE SOVIET WOMAN: Tatiana Romanova and From Russia with Love
Thomas M. Barrett ...... 41
5 “THE OLD WAYS ARE BEST”: The Colonization of Women of Color in Bond Films
Travis L. Wagner ...... 51
6 BOND’S BIT ON THE SIDE: Race, Exoticism and the Bond “Fluffer” Character
Charles Burnetts ...... 60
7 THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION: Disciplining and Domesticating Miss Moneypenny in Skyfall
Kristen Shaw ...... 70
8 OBJECTS OF WHITE MALE DESIRE: (D)Evolving Representations of Asian Women in Bond Films
Lisa Funnell ...... 79
v SECTION 3: FEMINIST CRITIQUES AND MOVEMENTS 9 “NEVER TRUST A RICH SPY”: Ursula Andress, Vesper Lynd, and Mythic Power in Casino Royale 1967
Robert von Dassanowsky ...... 91
10 “THIS NEVER HAPPENED TO THE OTHER FELLOW”: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service as Bond Woman’s Film
Marlisa Santos ...... 101
11 “WHAT REALLY WENT ON UP THERE JAMES?”: Bond’s Wife, Blofeld’s Patients, and Empowered Bond Women
Dan Mills ...... 110
12 SISTERHOOD AS RESISTANCE IN FOR YOUR EYES ONLY AND OCTOPUSSY
Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns ...... 119
13 BOND IS NOT ENOUGH: Elektra King and the Desiring Bond Girl
Alexander Sergeant ...... 128
SECTION 4: GENDERED CONVENTIONS 14 FEMALE BODIES IN JAMES BOND TITLE SEQUENCES
Sabine Planka ...... 139
15 RANDOM ACCESS MYSTERIES: James Bond and the Matter of the Unknown Woman
Eileen Rositzka ...... 148
16 PUSSY GALORE: Women and Music in Goldfinger
Catherine Haworth ...... 157
17 FEMALE VOICE AND THE BOND FILMS
Anna G. Piotrowska ...... 167
18 DESIGNING CHARACTER: Costume, Bond Girls, and Negotiating Representation
Andrea J. Severson ...... 176
SECTION 5: FEMALE AGENCY AND GENDER ROLES 19 SECRET AGENT NUPTIALS: Marriage, Gender Roles, and the “Different Bond Woman” in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Stephen Nepa ...... 187
vi 20 THE SPY WHO FOOLED ME: The Early Bond Girl and the Magician’s Assistant
Ross Karlan ...... 196
21 “WOMEN DRIVERS”: The Changing Role of the Bond Girl in Vehicle Chases
Stephanie Jones ...... 205
22 “IT’S NOT FOR EVERYONE”: James Bond and Miss Moneypenny in Skyfall
Klaus Dodds ...... 214
23 “WHO IS SALT?” The Difficulty of Constructing a Female James Bond and Reconstructing Gender Expectations
Jeffrey A. Brown ...... 224
SECTION 6: JUDI DENCH’S TENURE AS M 24 FROM MASCULINE MASTERMIND TO MATERNAL MARTYR: Judi Dench’s M, Skyfall, and the Patriarchal Logic of James Bond Films
Peter C. Kunze ...... 237
25 M, 007, AND THE CHALLENGE OF FEMALE AUTHORITY IN THE BOND FRANCHISE
Brian Patton ...... 246
26 “M”(O)THERING: Female Representation of Age and Power in James Bond
Lori L. Parks ...... 255
27 MOTHERING THE BOND-M RELATION IN SKYFALL AND THE BOND GIRL INTERVENTION
Christopher Holliday ...... 265
28 PROPERTY OF A LADY: (S)Mothering Judi Dench’s M
Michael W. Boyce ...... 274
Bibliography ...... 284
Index ...... 299
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