This is the first book to focus on James Bond's relationship to the playboy ideal through the sixties and beyond. Examining aspects of the Bond phenomenon and the playboy lifestyle, it considers how i
The mere hint recently that British actor Idris Elba might take up the mantle of James Bond in future installments of the film franchise was a major international news story—a testament to the endurin
Fantasy addresses a previously neglected area within film studies. The book looks at the key aesthetics, themes, debates and issues at work within this popular genre and examines films and franchises
Furby and Hines are both affiliated with Southampton Solent U., UK, in the department of creative industries and society, focusing on film in particular. Here they offer investigation into the nature
"Even in our increasingly sexualized culture, hard-core pornography and the representation of explicit sex is still 'hard to swallow'. This lively and provocative new collection of essays by leading s
Presents a collection of essays that explore screen representations of pornography and sex in a variety of cultural, historical, and critical contexts.
