Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Abbreviations
I. The Subject Is Bond
1. Fleming's Company Man: James Bond and the Management of Modernism Edward P. Comentale
2. "Alimentary, Dr. Leiter": Anal Anxiety in Diamonds Are Forever Dennis W. Allen
3. Lesbian Bondage, or Why Dykes Like 007 Jaime Hovey
4. James Bond: Cyborg-Aristocrat Patrick O'Donnell
II. Ian Fleming and Style
5. Living the James Bond Lifestyle Judith Roof
6. James Bond, Meta-Brand Aaron Jaffe
7. The Bond Market Craig N. Owens
III. Ian Fleming and the Global Imaginary
8. Bond and Britishness James Chapman
9. Shoot Back in Anger: Bond and the "Angry Young Man" Brian Patton
10. Tropical Bond Vivian Halloran
11. The Kennedys, Fleming, and Cuba: Bond's Foreign Policy Skip Willman
12. Wanting to Be James Bond Alexis Albion
IV. Structures of Feeling
13. Why Size Matters Christoph Lindner
14. 007 and 9/11, Specters and Structures of Feeling Stephen Watt
Acknowledgments
Works Cited
Contributors
Index

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Shaken, not stirred—cultural critics look at the many faces of 007 and his creator.

About the Author

Edward P. Comentale, Assistant Professor of English at Indiana University, is author of Masses in Relation: Art and Politics in Avant-garde England, 1909–1915. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

Stephen Watt is Professor of English and Cultural Studies at Indiana University, and author of Postmodern/Drama: Reading the Contemporary Stage and Joyce, O'Casey, and the Irish Popular Theater. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

Skip Willman is Assistant Professor of English at the University of South Dakota. He lives in Vermillion, South Dakota.

Reviews

"This is a compelling and important book ... [that] makes a significant contribution not only to studies of Bond and Ian Fleming but also to studies of popular culture in general." --Michael Berube