Resisting James Bond

<p>Beginning with <i>Casino Royale</i> (2006) and ending with <i>No Time to Die</i> (2021) the Daniel Craig era of James Bond films coincides with the rise of various justice movements challenging deeply entrenched systems of inequality and oppression ranging from sexism racism and immigration to 2SLGBTQIA+ rights reproductive justice and climate change. While focus is often placed on individual actions and institutional policies and practices it is important to recognize the role that culture plays within these systems. Mainstream film is not simply 'mindless' entertainment but a key part of a global cultural industry that naturalizes and normalizes power structures. <p/>Engaging with these issues <i>Resisting James Bond</i> is a multidisciplinary collection that explores inequality and oppression in the world of 007 through a range of critical and theoretical approaches. The chapters explore the embodiment and disembodiment of power and privilege across the formal narrative cultural and geopolitical elements that define the revisionist-reversionist world of Daniel Craig's Bond.</p>