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The World of James Bond - The Lives and Times of 007 (Paperback, Updated Edition)
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The World of James Bond - The Lives and Times of 007 (Paperback, Updated Edition)
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The most current and insightful look at the politics and culture of
the Bond world as the last Daniel Craig movie hits theaters. This
book presents an insightful and thoroughly entertaining exploration
of the political context of the Bond books and films. Jeremy Black
offers a historian's interpretation from the perspective of 2020
and the latest Bond film, assessing James Bond in terms of the
greatly changing world order of the Bond years-a lifetime that
stretches from 1953, when the first novel appeared, to the present.
Black argues that the Bond novels-the Fleming books as well as the
often-neglected novels authored by others after Fleming died in
1964-and films drew on current fears in order to reduce the
implausibility of the villains and their villainy. The novels and
films also presented potent images of national character, explored
the rapidly changing relationship between a declining Britain and
an ascendant United States, charted the course of the Cold War and
the subsequent post-1990 world, and offered an evolving but always
potent demonology. Bond was, and still is, an important aspect of
post-World War II popular culture throughout the Western world.
This was particularly so after Hollywood launched the filmic Bond,
thus making him not only a character designed for the American film
market but also a world product and a figure of globalization.
Class, place, gender, violence, sex, race-all are themes that Black
scrutinizes through the ongoing shifts in characterization and
plot. His well-informed and well-argued analysis provides a
fascinating history of the enduring and evolving appeal of James
Bond. This updated edition explores new developments in the Daniel
Craig years, looks to the post-Craig years, and considers the
cultural significance of Bond in the modern world.
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