This week we are delighted to welcome the esteemed lecturer Christine Berberich in from the cold to discuss Ian Fleming and James Bond in the context of Britain in the 1950s and 60s. In your essay ‘Fleming’, James Bond and the Question of England’, you mention how Bond (and Fleming by extension) were both ‘at…
In the last few months, the James Bond universe has given us some new ‘Bond Women’ to the canon from Trigger Mortis to Spectre. On the fifth anniversary of his ground breaking book about feminism and the representations of women in the 007 novels and films, we checked in with Robert Caplen to get his opinions. What are your reactions to…
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Lisa Funnell in from the cold to hear about her new book For His Eyes Only, a collection of essays on the femininity and feminism in the Bond series. Interview by Matthew Chernov It’s impossible to discuss the world of James Bond without examining the fascinating female characters that make the…
The common perception of a Bond girls, as damsels in distress waiting for our hero James Bond to save from the clutches of the villain and also themselves, is not without its flaws. In a recent interview I did with Robert Caplen, author of Shaken & Stirred: The Feminism of James Bond, when asked this same question he…
We are delighted to interview Robert Caplen, author of Shaken & Stirred: The Feminism of James Bond with a few questions of our own about Bond’s girls. Or is that women? 1. What is your opinion of The Spy Who Loved Me, which was written from the female perspective of Vivian Michel? The Spy Who Loved Me is a unique novel because Fleming…
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