Annotated Bibliography

Black, Jeremy. The Politics of James Bond : from Fleming's Novels to the Big Screen. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.
Jeremy Black describes the relationship of James Bond and his author, Ian Fleming, have had throough the years. Black looks at the character and author from a historical viewpoint, accepting that Bond is a representation of Fleming, and that both exist in a post-Imperial Britain.

Britton, Wesley. Spy Television. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2004.
Wesley defines a genre through several different angles: the roots of a family tree: 1900 to 1961 -- Bond, Beatles, and camp. He also analyzes the men from U.N.C.L.E. -more British than Bond, the agency, and twenty-first-century spies. His conclusion involves the past, present, and future of TV espionage, finally asking the question: why spies?

Campbell, Joseph. The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Novato, CA: Joseph Campbell Foundation, 2008.
In this seminal work by Joseph Campbell, he details his theory of the monomyth. The detail and research is amazing, with examples from all over the globe, including ancient Persian, Native American, and aboriginal Australian myths. He also combines these myths with the analysis and records of men like Sigmund Freud and C. G. Jung.

Campbell, Joseph, and Bill Moyers. The Power of Myth. New York: Random House, 1988.
Bill Moyers is a journalist that has interviewed many famous and influential people. In this interview originally aired on PBS, gives an arena for Campbell to answer detailed questions about his theory.

Cork, John and Collin Stutz. James Bond Encyclopedia. London: DK Publishers, 2007.
This is a fully comprehensive look at James Bond and his creator, Ian Fleming. The hardcover is 336 pages of full-color pictures to accompany the well-written text.


James Bond and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy series) by James South and Jacob Held. (Borrowed from Morgan Shaner)
This book offers a perspective on Bond from the study of philosophy – the hard logic behind Bond. By looking at the reasoning behind Bond’s controversial attitude, Bond characters are explained and criticized.

Parker, Barry. Death Rays, Jet Packs, Stunts & Supercars: The Fantastic Physics of Film's Most Celebrated Secret Agent. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
While going the usual array of James Bond history and analysis, this book separates itself by taking a scientific tangent. By analysing the Bond genre through the eyes of a physicist, author Barry Parker creates a unique view of the series.

Streitmatter, Rodger. Sex sells!: The Media's Journey from Repression to Obsession
Cambridge, Mass.: Westview Press, 2004.
This is a look at 1950s America where shouts of “ No sex, please, we're American”, are heard and uses it as a jumping off point for the rest of the discussion. Some of the topics covered are: he pill and the media: spawning a revolution, Playboy magazine: taking pornography into the mainstream, James Bond: bringing sex into the movies, and Cyberporn : bringing sex to the World Wide Web.