Daniel Ferreras Savoye

The Signs of James Bond

Semiotic Explorations in the World of 007

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is an analysis of the most significant elements that compose the "Bond formula," such as names, binary oppositions and narrative patterns. It tackles Ian Fleming's novels as well as the 22 films of the Eon Productions series and follows the evolution of certain determining features (paradigms) from the text to the screen, to determine their function within the narration. This study reveals how the James Bond universe goes well beyond mere spy adventures to become a genre in itself as well as, now, a standard cultural reference. The book also shows that the underlying ideology of the James Bond narration is not as conservative as it might appear, for it promotes ideals of the Enlightenment period such as secularity, pragmatism and the common good.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9780786470563
• ISBN-10: 0786470569
• Artikelnr.: 35712306

Autorenporträt

Daniel Ferreras Savoye is a professor of French and Spanish literary and cultural studies at West Virginia University. His work on marginalized authors, comic books, detective fiction, popular culture issues and critical theory has appeared in Hispania, French Literature Series, Angulo Recto, The Popular Culture Review and La tribuna.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments viii Foreword by James Chapman Introduction: The Last Spy Standing 1.
Dr. Bond 2.
The Names of the Order 3.
Positions and Oppositions 4.
Primal Forces 5.
Bondian Art 6.
Bonding the New World Order Conclusion: The Runaway Narrative Structure Chapter Notes Works Cited Index