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 vii .