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This book explores themes of consumerism, gender and sexuality, genre, popular culture, and American culture in Diamonds Are Forever, situating Ian Fleming's novel and Guy Hamilton's film as important milestones in modern popular culture.
List of contents
Foreword by Tom Cull
Introduction: Oliver Buckton
Part I: Sound, Affect, Adaptation, and Intertextuality in Diamonds Are Forever
Chapter One: Elyn Achtymichuk-Hardy, "The Scorpion as Emblematic of Affect in Diamonds Are Forever"
Chapter Two: Jesc Bunyard, "The Sounds of Diamonds Are Forever"
Chapter Three: James Chapman, "Transforming Bond: Diamonds Are Forever in its Contexts"
Chapter Four: Oliver Buckton, "James Bond, Meet John Blaize: Identity Theft and Intertextuality in Ian Fleming's Diamonds Are Forever and The Diamond Smugglers"
Part II: Gender and Sexuality in Diamonds Are Forever
Chapter Five: Grant Hester "My Adversary, Myself: An Examination of James Bond and How Wint and Kidd Reflect His Own Psyche in Diamonds Are Forever"
Chapter Six: Jennifer L. Martinsen, "The Devolution of Tiffany Case"
Chapter Seven: Ihsan Amanatullah, "The Eyes of Tiffany Case: And What they Tell About Ian Fleming's First Successful Female Character
Part III: Culture, Consumption, and America in Diamonds Are Forever
Chapter Eight: Matt Sherman, "Attitudes Are Forever: America Disdained"
Chapter Nine: Mark David Kaufman, "The Desert of the Real: Diamonds Are Forever as a Hollywood Novel"
Chapter Ten: Edward Biddulph, "Brizzola, Brandy and Bond: Representations of food and drink in the book and film of Diamonds Are Forever"
Index
About the Editor
About the Contributors
About the author
Oliver Buckton is professor of English at Florida Atlantic University.
Summary
This book explores themes of consumerism, gender and sexuality, genre, popular culture, and American culture in Diamonds Are Forever, situating Ian Fleming’s novel and Guy Hamilton’s film as important milestones in modern popular culture.
