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An edition of Of muscles and men (2011)

Of muscles and men

essays on the sword and sandal film

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"Few movie genres have highlighted the male body more effectively than the "sword-and-sandal" film, where the rippling torso and the bulging muscle are displayed for all to appreciate. Carrying his ubiquitously phallic sword and dressed in traditional garb calculated to highlight his magnificent physique"--Provided by publisher.

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McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Language
English
Pages
212

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Subjects

Epic films, History and criticism, Men in motion pictures, Masculinity in motion pictures, Film criticism

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Of Muscles and Men: Essays on the Sword and Sandal Film
2011, McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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Table of Contents

Introduction: the functions and forms of the sword and sandal film / Michael G. Cornelius
Hercules, politics, and movies / Maria Elena D Amelio
Hero trouble: blood, politics, and kinship in Pasolini's Medea / Kristi M. Wilson
To do or die manfully : performing heteronormativity in recent epic films / Jerry B. Pierce
From maciste to maximus and company: the fragmented hero in the new epic / Andrew B. R. Elliott
Reverent and irreverent violence: in defense of Spartacus, Conan, and Leonidas / John Elia
Civilization- ancient and wicked : historicizing the ideological field of 1980s sword and sandal films / Kevin M. Flanagan
Homer's lies, Brad Pitt's thighs: revisiting the pre-Oedipal mother and the German wartime father in Wolfgang Petersen's Troy / Robert C. Pirro
An enduring logic: Homer, Helen of Troy, and narrative mobility / Larry T. Shillock
By Jupiter's cock! Spartacus: blood and sand, video games, and camp excess / David Simmons
Beefy guys and brawny dolls: He-Man, the Masters of the Universe, and Gay clone culture / Michael G. Cornelius
Developments in peplum filmmaking: Disney's Hercules / Chris Pallant
Hercules diminished? parody, differentiation, and emulation in the Three Stooges meet Hercules / Daniel O'Brien.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Jefferson, N.C

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Dewey Decimal Class
791.43/652
Library of Congress
PN1995.9.E79 O42 2011, PN1995.9.E79O42 2011

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Pagination
vi, 212 p. ;
Number of pages
212

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OL25066755M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0786461624
ISBN 13
9780786461622
LCCN
2011030754
OCLC/WorldCat
732960122

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