Spyscreen: Espionage on Film and TV from the 1930s to the 1960s

by Toby Miller

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198159520
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/11/2003
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 5.70(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

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

PrefaceIntroduction1. Spy Histories2. Thirty-Nine Steps to 'the borders of the possible', taken by Alfred Hitchcock, amateur observer3. Life in the Forties - The good neighbour programme, Gilda, The Third Man, and global commodities (with George Yúdice)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 File5. Cultural Imperialism and James Bond6. The Avengers, Honey West, and Modesty Blaise - Women Making TroubleConclusion: A Day That Will Live In...?References