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An edition of Imperial projections (2001)

Imperial projections

ancient Rome in modern popular culture

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The creators of popular culture have often appropriated elements of Roman history and society. This text looks at how ancient Rome has been depicted and what the portrayals tell us about contemporary culture

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Johns Hopkins University Press
Language
English
Pages
299

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Subjects
Motion pictures, Literature, Beeldvorming, In motion pictures, Romeinse oudheid, Rezeption, Films, In literature, Alltagskultur, Culture in motion pictures, Rome, in literature, Motion pictures, social aspects, Popular culture, Rome, antiquities
Places
Rome (Empire), Römisches Reich, Rome, USA
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Imperial projections: ancient Rome in modern popular culture
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Table of Contents

Oppositions, anxieties, and ambiguities in the toga movie / William Fitzgerald
The Roman empire in American cinema after 1945 / Martin M. Winkler
Seeing red : Spartacus as domestic economist / Alison Futrell
I, Claudius : projection and imperial soap opera / Sandra R. Joshel
"Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me!" : Carry on Cleo and the British camp comedies of ancient Rome / Nicholas J. Cull
Brooklyn-on-the-Tiber : Roman comedy on Broadway and in film / Margaret Malamud
Serial Romans / Martha Malamud
Shared sexualities : Roman soldiers, Derek Jarman's Sebastiane, and British homosexuality / Maria Wyke
Living like Romans in Las Vegas : the Roman world at Caesars Palace / Margaret Malamud and Donald T. McGuire, Jr

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-286) and index

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Baltimore
Series
Arethusa books

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Library of Congress
PN1995.9.R68 I47 2001, PN1995.9.R68I47 2001

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viii, 299 p.:
Number of pages
299

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OL17051405M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0801867428
LCCN
00054602
OCLC/WorldCat
45668863
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477158
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1290531

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