Spartacus in the television arena : essays on the Starz series / edited by Michael G. Cornelius.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cornelius, Michael G., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spartacus (Television program : 2010-2013).

Masculinity on television.

Physical Description:

viii, 212 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]

Summary:

"The image of Spartacus as a noble if doomed avenger is familiar and his story has been retold through history as a cautionary tale about social injustice. The series Spartacus takes a different view, with a graphically violent depiction of the man. This collection of new essays studies the series as an exploration of masculinity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: blood, sand and men / Michael G. Cornelius

Arenas of memory: Spartacus and the remediation of historical narratives / Drago Manea

"It is for history to decide": the story space of the Spartacus series / James Klima

The sound world of Spartacus: representations of ancient musical instruments in the series / Lorenzo Sorbo

Single combat, the semiotics of the arena and martial intimacy / Larry T. Shillock

Spartacus' entrapment in the underworld in blood and sand / Rachel S. McCoppin

Blood, sex, sand and mills: the sociological imagination between gladiators / Jason Smith

Spartacus and the shifting sands of sacred space / Michael G.Cornelius

The predators of Capua: Spartacus and the limits of the human / Ariel Gómez Ponce

(Re)presenting the phallus: gladiators and their "swords" / Robert K. Dickson and Michael G. Cornelius

Queer heroes and action heroines: gender and sexuality in Spartacus / Anna Foka.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786498017

0786498013

OCLC:

898167581