The New Peplum: Essays on Sword and Sandal Films and Television Programs since the 1990s
| Editor | Nicholas Diak |
| Foreword by | David R. Coon |
| Afterword by | Steven L. Sears |
| Publisher | McFarland |
| About/Subject | Peplum, Sword and sandal films |
| Introduction by | Nicholas Diak |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | 2018 |
| Pages / Font | 234 pages |
| ISBN 13 | 9 781476 667621 |
| Chapters | Foreword - David R. Coon Introduction - Nicholas Diak Part One - Crossing the Rubicon: Expanding the Neo- Peplum Boundaries Adapting to New Spaces: Swords and Planets and the Neo- Peplum - Paul Johnson Hercules: Transmedia Superhero Mythology - Djoymi Baker From Crowds to Swarms: Movement and Bodies in Neo- Peplum Films - Kevin M. Flanagan Part Two - Wisdom from the Gods: Mythological Adaptations There are no boundaries for our Boats: Vikings and the Westernization of the Norse Saga - Steve Nash Sounds of Swords and Sandals: Music in Neo-Peplum BBC Television Docudramas - Nick Poulakis Hercules, Xena and Genre: The Methodology Behind the Mashup - Valerie Estelle Frankel Part Three - The “Glory” of Rome: Depictions of the Empire Male Nudity, Violence and the Disruption of Voyeuristic Pleasure in Starz’s Spartacus - Hannah Mueller Sex, Lies and Denarii: Roman Depravity and Oppression in Starz’s Spartacus - Jerry B. Pierce In the Green Zone with the Ninth legion: The Post-Iraq Roman Film - Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. Part Four - Sculpted in Marble: Gender and Representation Laughing at the Body: The Imitation of Masculinity in Peplum Parody Films - Tatiana Prorokova Queering the Quest: Neo-Peplum and the Neo-Femme in Xena: Warrior Princess - Haydee Smith Afterword - Steven L. Sears |
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