Spyscreen Espionage on Film and TV from the 1930s to the 1960s
by Miller, TobyFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-12-11
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
This is a genre study of English-language spy fiction film and television between the 1930s and 1960s. Taking as his focus many well-known films and television series, such as James Bond, Gilda, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., and The Avengers, Toby Miller uses a wide range of critical approaches, including textual interpretation, audience studies, and cultural history, to offer new insights into this popular genre.
Author Biography
Toby Miller is Professor of Cultural Studies and Cultural Policy in the Department of Cinema Studies at New York University. He is a well-known Film Theory and Cultural Studies critic, whose publications include A Companion to Film Theory (Basil Blackwell, 1999 - with Robert Stam), Film and Theory: An Anthology (Basil Blackwell, 2000 - with Robert Stam), and A Companion to Cultural Studies (Basil Blackwell, 2001). He is Editor of the journal Television and New Media.
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | x | ||
| Introduction: Querying Method-A Choice Between the Sensual Obsession of Film Theory and Trainspotting The Avengers? | 1 | (25) | |
| 1. Spy Histories | 26 | (23) | |
| 2. 39/Thirty-Nine Steps to 'The Borders of the Possible' by Alfred Hitchcock, Amateur Observer | 49 | (14) | |
| 3. The Good Neighbor Program and Gilda; Global Commodities and The Third Man (with George Yúdice) | 63 | (25) | |
| 4. Class and Governance: Danger Man/The Prisoner, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, and The IPCRESS File | 88 | (34) | |
| 5. Cultural Imperialism and James Bond's Penis | 122 | (32) | |
| 6. Women Making Trouble-The Avengers, Honey West, and Modesty Blaise | 154 | (16) | |
| Conclusion | 170 | (5) | |
| Bibliography | 175 | (38) | |
| Index | 213 |
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