James Bond, Ian Fleming’s irrepressible and ubiquitous ‘spy,’
is often understood as a Cold Warrior, but James Bond’s Cold War
diverged from the actual global conflict in subtle but significant
ways. That tension between the real and fictional provides
perspectives into Cold War culture transcending ideological and
geopolitical divides. The Bondiverse is complex and multi-textual,
including novels, films, video games, and even a comic strip, and
has also inspired an array of homages, copies, and competitors.
Awareness of its rich possibilities only becomes apparent through a
multi-disciplinary lens. The desire to consider current trends in
Bondian studies inspired a conference entitled ‘The Bondian Cold
War,’ convened at Tallinn University, Estonia in June 2019.
Conference participants, drawn from three continents and multiple
disciplines – film studies, history, intelligence studies, and
literature, as well as intelligence practitioners – offered
papers on the literary and cinematic aspects of the ‘spy’,
discussed fact versus fiction in the Bond canon, went in search of
a global Bond, and pondered gender and sexuality across the
Bondiverse. This volume of essays inspired by that conference,
suitable for students, researchers, and anyone interested in Cold
War culture, makes vital contributions to understanding Bond as a
global phenomenon, across traditional divisions of East and West,
and beyond the end of the Cold War from which he emerged.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Routledge Studies in Espionage and Culture |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| First published: |
2024 |
| Editors: |
Martin D. Brown
• Ronald J. Granieri
• Muriel Blaive
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
270 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-56936-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-367-56936-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780367569365 |
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