Because Bond is a longstanding pop culture topic, I easily came across academic works while conducting my subtopic searches on Google. Many were Open Access or easily accessible, but many required subscriptions to specific journals or access to printed works. While I felt confident with what I found through web searching, in order to properly represent this category, I moved to UBC’s library site to conduct more targeted searching.
I used UBC Summon to identify books physically inside Koerner by searching James Bond and then refining results by Library Catalogue. After identifying works with call numbers in two different areas, I browsed shelves at the library for related resources. This search produced published conference proceedings in addition to edited volumes with works by multiple authors, as well as entire books by a single author. Additionally, I used UBC Summon to search for specific terms I’d identified with my four subtopics.
I identified databases and journals available through UBC by keyword searching the Indexes & Databases and Journal Titles searches with broad terms such as art, design, film, and visual culture. I accessed content sources identified by this search and then used “James Bond” to search, knowing that content would likely be limited.
Challenges included limiting sources for this assignment; I was pleased with the number and quality of academic sources, as I had erroneously assumed much of my content would not be academic in nature.
1. Frenk, J., & Krug, C. (Eds.). (2011). The cultures of James Bond. Trier, Germany: WVT, Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier. [Link: http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=5759875]
Five chapters on various visual perspectives of Bond and visual culture: “One Silhouette is Not Enough: The Bond Silhouette as the Visual Representation of the “Mobile Signifier” James Bond”, “How to Be Bond: 007/Daniel Craig, Masculinity and British Men’s Lifestyle Magazines”, “Narrative Feedback: Computer Games, Comics, and the James Bond Franchise”, and “The Spies Who Spoofed Him: Bond Parodies”.
Search: UBC Summons > James Bond | Theme: Marketing and lifestyle, Re-representations
2. Racioppi, L. & Tremonte, C. (2016). Geopolitics, gender, and genre: The work of pre-title/title sequences in James Bond films. Journal of Film & Video, 66(2), 15-25. https://doi.org/ 10.5406/jfilmvideo.66.2.0015
Discussion of influences and what can be read into opening scenes—a bit higher level discussion than just how it looks.
Search: UBC > Indexes & Databases > Film > Film & Television Literature Index > “James Bond” | Themes: Film and franchise
3. Weiner, R. G., Whitfield, B. L., & Becker, J. (Eds.). (2011). James Bond in world and popular culture: The films are not enough. Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Retrieved from https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9147631
Four chapters on non-film Bond representations: “James Bond posters: An art professor’s personal view”, “Use your joystick, 007: Video games and the interactive Bond experience”, “All bang bang, no kiss kiss? The Bond figure and video games”, “Branding the new Bond: Daniel Craig and designer fashion”.
Search: Google > critique of James Bond movie posters | Theme: Posters, Marketing and lifestyle
4. Christoph Lindner (Ed.). (2003). The James Bond phenomenon: A critical reader. Manchester University Press. [Link: http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=2705312]
“A license to thrill” and “The James Bond films: Conditions of production” chapters identify things that are considered critical to bond film and introduce term ‘Bondian’.
Search: UBC Summons > James Bond | Theme: Film and franchise
5. Cooper, H., Schembri, S., & Miller, D. (2010). Brand-self identity narratives in the James Bond movies. Psychology and Marketing, 27(6), 557-567. http://doi.org/10.1002/mar.20344
Identifies three brand–self narratives tied to Bond that represent the archetype lover, hero, or outlaw.
Search: UBC Summons > (James Bond) AND (tourism) | Theme: Marketing and lifestyle
6. Murray, J. (2017). Containing the spectre of the past: The evolution of the James Bond franchise during the Daniel Craig era. Visual Culture in Britain, 18, 247-273. https://doi.org/10.1080/14714787.2017.1338161
Draws strong comparisons between Spectre and other films (aka Bond visualizing itself) and talks about portrayal of Britishness, too.
Search: UBC > Journals > visual culture > Visual Culture in Britain > “James Bond” | Theme: Film and franchise
7. Nichols, E. (2014). Behind the brand of James Bond. The Luminary, 4. Retrieved from https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/luminary/issue4/issue4article14.htm
Looks at products with promotions that use Bond.
Search: Google > Visual culture of James Bond | Theme: Marketing and lifestyle
8. Dixon, B. A. (2009). Sex for dinner, death for breakfast: James Bond and the body (Dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (UMI No. 3367989). Retrieved from http://ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/docview/304986735?accountid=14656
I would use it for my own background for the course: includes images and discusses the body in literature, film, art, and advertising.
Search: UBC Summon > (James Bond) AND (tourism) | Theme: Marketing and lifestyle, Film and franchise