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Love and let die : James Bond, the Beatles, and the British psyche / John Higgs.
"A deep-dive into the unique connections between the two titans of the British cultural psyche--the Beatles and the Bond films--and what they tell us about class, sexuality, and our aspirations over sixty dramatic years"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781639363308
- ISBN: 1639363300
- Physical Description: 515 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-500) and index. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Crawford County Library-Steelville | 306.09 HIG (Text) | 33431000743235 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Love and Let Die : James Bond, the Beatles, and the British Psyche
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Table of Contents
Love and Let Die : James Bond, the Beatles, and the British Psyche
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | 1 | |
| Part 1 | Initiate Countdown | 13 |
| 1945: There's nobody to talk to when it's raining | 15 | |
| 1952: All of his own darkness | 22 | |
| 1956: I would have liked to have seen the boys growing up | 37 | |
| 1960: A notorious centre for prostitution | 48 | |
| 1961: Unashamedly, for pleasure and money | 55 | |
| 1962: Glutted with the overload of stuff | 63 | |
| Part 2 | Detonate | 69 |
| 1962: Bigger than the Beatles | 71 | |
| 1962: Sean Connery (1930-2020) | 81 | |
| 1963: There are truths in that screaming | 89 | |
| 1964: Ian Fleming (1908-1964) | 96 | |
| 1964: A film with four long-haired schnooks | 104 | |
| 1965: It would take too much else away | 111 | |
| 1965: Not as good as James Bond | 120 | |
| 1965: Greater than, the sum of their parts | 126 | |
| 1965: The things I do for England | 130 | |
| 1967: What did he want to communicate? | 137 | |
| 1967: Larger than reality | 146 | |
| 1967: 007 (Shanty Town) | 157 | |
| 1967: Welles was trying to put a voodoo mind-grip on him | 164 | |
| 1968: On the banks of the River Ganges | 173 | |
| 1968: Yoko and Billy | 189 | |
| 1969: John, Paul and James get married | 200 | |
| 1969: George Lazenby's hair | 209 | |
| 1969: Paul is dead | 219 | |
| Part 3 | Aftermath | 225 |
| 1970: Answer: No | 227 | |
| 1970: Mother/Love | 233 | |
| 1970: The best | 241 | |
| 1970: Phil and Allen | 249 | |
| 1971: To deny that love was desirable | 257 | |
| 1973: Christopher Lee (1922-2015) | 263 | |
| 1973: The problem is Bond | 271 | |
| 1974: In the material world | 282 | |
| 1977: Risking their lives for the audience's entertainment | 297 | |
| 1980: The no-mark | 306 | |
| 1980: John Lennon (1940-1980) | 311 | |
| 1981: For a true artist their life is their art | 324 | |
| Part 4 | Grow Up, 007 | 333 |
| 1983: A symbol of real value to the Free World | 335 | |
| 1984: Wacky Macca Thumbs Aloft | 342 | |
| 1995: Too much of a good time | $ | |
| 1999: Desmond Llewelyn (1914-1999) | $ | |
| 2001: George Harrison (1943-2001) | $ | |
| 2002: The fate of the pixels | $ | |
| 2003: Come on, Mr Putin! | $ | |
| 2008: The death of Strawberry Fields | 401 | |
| 2012: A golden thread of purpose | 408 | |
| 2015: What is the new evil in the world? | 421 | |
| 2021: Time to die | 434 | |
| 2021: Ringo and Paul | 444 | |
| 2022: James Bond will return | 453 | |
| Bibliography | 467 | |
| Notes and sources | 473 | |
| Acknowledgements | 501 | |
| Index | 503 |
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