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

Authors: Toby Miller
ISBN-13: 9780198159520, ISBN-10: 0198159528
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: October 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Toby Miller

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.

Book Synopsis

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.

	List of Illustrations
	Introduction: Querying Method - A Choice Between the Sensual Obsession of Film Theory and Trainspotting The Avengers?	1
1	Spy Histories	26
2	39/Thirty-Nine Steps to 'The Borders of the Possible' by Alfred Hitchcock, Amateur Observer	49
3	The Good Neighbor Program and Gilda; Global Commodities and The Third Man (with George Yudice)	63
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 File	88
5	Cultural Imperialism and James Bond's Penis	122
6	Women Making Trouble - The Avengers, Honey West, and Modesty Blaise	154
	Conclusion	170
	Bibliography	175
	Index	213