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Ian Fleming and the Politics of Ambivalence by Ian Kinane (2022, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-101350235385
ISBN-139781350235380
eBay Product ID (ePID)9057249195
Product Key Features
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameIan Fleming and the Politics of Ambivalence
SubjectComparative Literature, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year2022
TypeTextbook
AuthorIan Kinane
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight11.2 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Ian Kinane offers a thoughtful and thorough consideration of how Ian Fleming, through his Jamaican-set James Bond novels, registered and (re)imagined shifting British-Jamaican relations. With chapters dedicated to Live and Let Die (1954), Dr No (1958), and The Man with the Golden Gun (1965), Kinane fleshes out, in fascinating detail, Fleming's "politics of ambivalence" towards the decolonization and ultimate independence of Jamaica." -- Lisa Funnell, Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, University of Oklahoma, USA "Challenging simplistic readings of the representational politics in Ian Fleming's works, this excellent book offers a nuanced analysis of racial discourse, colonial ideology and the place Jamaica occupies within the Empire and the British imagination. While the rigorous research underpinning this original study is a timely - and much needed - addition to the growing field of Bond studies, Ian Kinane's engaging investigation will inspire anyone interested in delving deeper into the complex politics of James Bond." -- Dr Monica Germanà, author of Bond Girls: Body, Fashion and Gender "Ian Kinane's Ian Fleming and the Politics of Ambivalence is an intriguing study of the role of Jamaica in Flemings' James Bond novels. It offers a reconsideration of the three Jamaica-based Bond novels - Live and Let Die (1954), Dr. No (1958) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1965) - as works that showcase Fleming's own, often conflicted, concern for British-Jamaican relations, rather than novels that merely uphold colonial discourse. As such, Ian Fleming and the Politics of Ambivalence fills a void in the existing criticism on Fleming's work, and is a must-read for all scholars working on James Bond, empire, and cultural politics." -- Dr Christine Berberich, Reader in Literature, University of Portsmouth "Ian Kinane's in-depth comparative analysis of the Bond novels set in Jamaica makes significant contributions to scholarship. His work not only reminds us that Jamaica is where Bond is "born" in 1953, "resurrected" in 1958, and "renewed" in the final novel published in 1965. By tracing shifts in Fleming's depictions of Jamaica, its people, and its colonial administrators, Kinane illuminates the fraught complexity of Fleming's sentiments about Britishness in a modern world marked the empire's decline." -- Cynthia Baron, Professor of Theatre and Film, Bowling Green State University "Engaging and provocative... [Kinane's] critical focus enables him to formulate first-rate readings of the global and racial politics of Fleming's fiction." -- International Journal of James Bond Studies
Dewey Decimal823.914
Table Of ContentAcknowledgements Introduction: Ian Fleming and the Politics of Ambivalence; or, From Jamaica with Love? 1. Imagined Identities and the Black Body Politic in Live and Let Die 2. Invasion, Animality and Bodily Transgressions in Dr. No 3. Mobility, Memory, and Touristic Modernity in The Man with the Golden Gun 4. After Fleming: Jamaica on Screen Bibliography Index
SynopsisPreviously considered an avowed nationalist, this book explores how Ian Fleming's writings and his representational politics contain an implicit resistance to imperial rhetoric. Through an examination of Fleming's Jamaica-set novels Live and Let Die , Dr. No , and The Man with the Golden Gun , as well as the later film adaptations of these novels, Ian Kinane reveals Fleming's deep ambivalence to British decolonisation and to wider Anglo-Caribbean relations. Offered here is a crucial insight into the public imagination during the birth of modern British multiculturalism that encompasses broader links between Fleming's writings on race and the representation of early British-Jamaican cultural relations. By exploring the effects of racial representation in these popular works, Kinane connects the novels to more contemporary concerns regarding migration and the ways in which the misrepresentation of cultures, races, and peoples has led to fraught and contentious global geo-political relations as figured in the fictional icon, James Bond.
LC Classification NumberPR6056.L4
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