Secret Agents - Popular Icons Beyond James Bond (Paperback, New edition)

Why does the secret agent never seem to die? Why, in fact, has the secret agent not only survived the Cold War - which critics and pundits surmised would be the death of James Bond and of the genre more generally - but grown in popularity? Secret Agents attempts to answer these questions as it investigates the political and cultural ramifications of the continued popularity and increasing diversity of the secret agent across television, film, and popular culture. The volume opens with a foreword by Tony Bennett, and proceeds to investigate programs, figures, and films such as Alias, Austin Powers, Spy Kids, the «new Bond Girl, Flint, Mission Impossible, Jason Bourne, and concludes with an afterword by Toby Miller. Chapters throughout question what it means for this popular icon to have far wider currency and meaning than merely that of James Bond as the white male savior of capital and democracy.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2009
First published:	2009
Editors:	Jeremy Packer
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	198
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8204-8669-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
LSN:	0-8204-8669-8
Barcode:	9780820486697

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