Geographies, Genders and Geopolitics of James Bond

Geographies, Genders and Geopolitics of James Bond

by Lisa Funnell and Klaus Dodds
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 30/12/2016

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This book discusses the representational geographies of the Bond film franchise and how they inform our reading of 007 as a hero. Offering a new and interdisciplinary lens through which the franchise can be analyzed, Funnell and Dodds explore a range of topics that have been largely, if not entirely, overlooked in Bond film scholarship. These topics include: the shifting and gendering of geopolitical relations; the differing depiction and evaluation of vertical/modern and horizontal/pre-modern spaces; the use of classical elements in defining gender, sexuality, heroic competency, and geopolitical conflict; and the ongoing importance of haptics (i.e. touch), kinesics (i.e. movement), and proxemics (i.e. the use of space) in defining the embodied and emotive world of Bond. This book is comprehensive in nature and scope as it discusses all 24 films in the official Bond canon and theorizes about the future direction of the franchise.

ISBN:
9781137570246
9781137570246
Category:
International relations
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
30-12-2016
Language:
English
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Klaus Dodds

Klaus Dodds is Professor of Geopolitics at Royal Holloway University of London and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

He has travelled and worked for many years in cold places, including the Arctic, Antarctica and mountainous areas of the world. Previous books include a co-authored volume, The Scramble for the Poles (2016).

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