{"product_id":"secret-agents-jeremy-packer-9780820486697","title":"Secret Agents: Popular Icons Beyond James Bond","description":"Why does the secret agent never seem to die? Why, in fact, has the secret agent not only survived the Cold War - which critics and pundits surmised would be the death of James Bond and of the genre more generally - but grown in popularity? \u003ci\u003eSecret Agents\u003c\/i\u003e attempts to answer these questions as it investigates the political and cultural ramifications of the continued popularity and increasing diversity of the secret agent across television, film, and popular culture. The volume opens with a foreword by Tony Bennett, and proceeds to investigate programs, figures, and films such as \u003ci\u003eAlias\u003c\/i\u003e, Austin Powers, \u003ci\u003eSpy Kids\u003c\/i\u003e, the new Bond Girl, Flint, \u003ci\u003eMission Impossible\u003c\/i\u003e, Jason Bourne, and concludes with an afterword by Toby Miller. Chapters throughout question what it means for this popular icon to have far wider currency and meaning than merely that of James Bond as the white male savior of capital and democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy Packer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820486698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820486697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2009 pg. 256","brand":"Jeremy Packer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47473937154303,"sku":"9780820486697","price":47.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2780c5a5-1bc9-469d-b5a8-09de6d6d77c4.jpg?v=1762313900","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/secret-agents-jeremy-packer-9780820486697","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}