Centre for Women, Ageing and Media (WAM), University of Gloucestershire, UK.
J Aging Stud. 2014 Apr;29:32-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jaging.2014.01.001. Epub 2014 Jan 28.
This article approaches Judi Dench's role as M in the long-running James Bond series from a gender and ageing studies' perspective and explores this character's subversion of normative concepts of gender and temporality. Based on the assumption that cultural narratives shape our understanding of ageing, it examines how M disrupts prescribed age- and gender roles, presenting an alternative within films which otherwise perpetuate normative notions of a sexualised, youthful femininity. It focusses on Dench's return as M in Casino Royale (2006), as an instance of anachronism (Russo, 1999), subverting viewers' expectation of linear timelines and examines M's challenge of normative age-appropriateness in Skyfall (2012). Despite M's portrayal as a more vulnerable female character in the latter, this article presents her character as an alternative to traditional portrayals of older women on screen.
本文从性别和老龄化研究的角度探讨了朱迪·丹奇在长寿的詹姆斯·邦德系列电影中扮演的 M 这一角色，并探讨了这个角色对性别和时间规范性概念的颠覆。基于文化叙事塑造了我们对老龄化的理解这一假设，本文考察了 M 是如何打破规定的年龄和性别角色的，在其他方面延续了性化、年轻女性气质的规范性观念的电影中呈现了一种替代。它集中在丹奇在《皇家赌场》（2006）中作为 M 的回归，作为一种时代错置的例子（Russo，1999），颠覆了观众对线性时间线的期望，并考察了 M 在《天幕危机》（2012）中对规范性年龄适宜性的挑战。尽管 M 在后者中的形象被描绘为一个更脆弱的女性角色，但本文认为她的角色是对银幕上老年女性传统形象的一种替代。
