Introduction. The Women of James Bond

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Contributor List xi
5. Foreword xvii
6. Introduction. The Women of James Bond 1
7. Section 1. From Novel to Film
8. 1. “Women Were for Recreation” 9
9. 2. The Bond Girl who is not There 18
10. 3. James Bond and Female Authority 28
11. Section 2. Desiring the Other
12. 4. Desiring the Soviet Woman 41
13. 5. “The Old Ways are Best” 51
14. 6. Bond’s Bit on the Side 60
15. 7. The Politics of Representation 70
16. 8. Objects of White Male Desire 79
17. Section 3. Feminist Critiques and Movements
18. 9. “Never Trust a Rich Spy” 91
19. 10. “This Never Happened to the Other Fellow” 101
20. 11. “What Really Went on up there James?” 110
21. 12. Sisterhood as Resistance in for your Eyes only and Octopussy 119
22. 13. Bond is not enough 128
23. Section 4. Gendered Conventions
24. 14. Female Bodies in the James Bond Title Sequences 139
25. 15. Random Access Mysteries 148
26. 16. Pussy Galore 157
27. 17. Female Voice and the Bond Films 167
28. 18. Designing Character 176
29. Section 5. Female Agency and Gender Roles
30. 19. Secret Agent Nuptials 187
31. 20. The Spy who Fooled me 196
32. 21. “Women Drivers” 205
33. 22. “It’s not for Everyone” 214
34. 23. “Who is Salt?” 224
35. Section 6. Judi Dench’s Tenure as M
36. 24. From Masculine Mastermind to Maternal Martyr 237
37. 25. M, 007, and the Challenge of Female Authority in the Bond Franchise 246
38. 26. “M”(O)Thering 255
39. 27. Mothering the Bond-M Relation in Skyfall and the Bond Girl Intervention 265
40. 28. Property of a Lady: (S)Mothering Judi Dench’s M 274
41. Bibliography 284
42. Index 299