For His Eyes Only: The Women of James Bond

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Christoph Lindner

INTRODUCTION: THE WOMEN OF JAMES BOND

SECTION 1: FROM NOVEL TO FILM

1 “WOMEN WERE FOR RECREATION”:

The Gender Politics of Ian Fleming’s James Bond

James Chapman

2 THE BOND GIRL WHO IS NOT THERE:

The Tiffany Case

Boel Ulfsdotter

3 JAMES BOND AND FEMALE AUTHORITY:

The Female M in the Bond Novels and Films

SECTION 2: DESIRING THE OTHER

4 DESIRING THE SOVIET WOMAN:

Tatiana Romanova and From Russia with Love

Thomas M. Barrett

5 “THE OLD WAYS ARE BEST”:

The Colonization of Women of Color in Bond Films

Travis L. Wagner

6 BOND’S BIT ON THE SIDE:

Race, Exoticism and the Bond “Fluffer” Character

Charles Burnetts

7 THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION:

Disciplining and Domesticating Miss Moneypenny in Skyfall

8 OBJECTS OF WHITE MALE DESIRE:

(D)Evolving Representations of Asian Women in Bond Films

SECTION 3: FEMINIST CRITIQUES AND MOVEMENTS

9 “NEVER TRUST A RICH SPY”:

Ursula Andress, Vesper Lynd, and Mythic Power in Casino Royale 1967

Robert von Dassanowsky

10 “THIS NEVER HAPPENED TO THE OTHER FELLOW”:

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service as Bond Woman’s Film

Marlisa Santos

11 “WHAT REALLY WENT ON UP THERE JAMES?”:

Bond’s Wife, Blofeld’s Patients, and Empowered Bond Women

12 SISTERHOOD AS RESISTANCE IN FOR YOUR EYES ONLY AND OCTOPUSSY

Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns

13 BOND IS NOT ENOUGH:

Elektra King and the Desiring Bond Girl

Alexander Sergeant

SECTION 4: GENDERED CONVENTIONS

14 FEMALE BODIES IN JAMES BOND TITLE SEQUENCES

Sabine Planka

15 RANDOM ACCESS MYSTERIES:

James Bond and the Matter of the Unknown Woman

Eileen Rositzka

16 PUSSY GALORE:

Women and Music in Goldfinger

Catherine Haworth

17 FEMALE VOICE AND THE BOND FILMS

Anna G. Piotrowska

18 DESIGNING CHARACTER:

Costume, Bond Girls, and Negotiating Representation

Andrea J. Severson

SECTION 5: FEMALE AGENCY AND GENDER ROLES

19 SECRET AGENT NUPTIALS:

Marriage, Gender Roles, and the “Different Bond Woman” in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

20 THE SPY WHO FOOLED ME:

The Early Bond Girl and the Magician’s Assistant

21 “WOMEN DRIVERS”:

The Changing Role of the Bond Girl in Vehicle Chases

Stephanie Jones

22 “IT’S NOT FOR EVERYONE”:

James Bond and Miss Moneypenny in Skyfall

23 “WHO IS SALT?”

The Difficulty of Constructing a Female James Bond and Reconstructing Gender Expectations

Jeffrey A. Brown

SECTION 6: JUDI DENCH’S TENURE AS M

24 FROM MASCULINE MASTERMIND TO MATERNAL MARTYR:

Judi Dench’s M, Skyfall, and the Patriarchal Logic of James Bond Films

Peter C. Kunze

25 M, 007, AND THE CHALLENGE OF FEMALE AUTHORITY IN THE BOND FRANCHISE

26 “M”(O)THERING:

Female Representation of Age and Power in James Bond

Lori L. Parks

27 MOTHERING THE BOND-M RELATION IN SKYFALL AND THE BOND GIRL INTERVENTION

Christopher Holliday

28 PROPERTY OF A LADY: (S)Mothering Judi dench’s M

Michael W. Boyce