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Descended from Hercules : biopolitics and the muscled male body on screen / Robert A. Rushing.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.M34 R87 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rushing, Robert A., author.
- Series:
- New directions in national cinemas
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Masculinity in motion pictures.
- Human body in motion pictures.
- Peplum films--History and criticism.
- Peplum films.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 210 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- Introduction: a peplum genealogy
- Nos morituri: time in the peplum
- Pre/post: sexuality in the peplum
- Skin flicks: the haptic peplum
- Immune systems: the peplum as biopolitical genre
- Conclusion: biopolitical fantasy
- Filmography.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Electronic version: Rushing, Robert A. Descended from Hercules.
- ISBN:
- 9780253022509
- 0253022509
- 9780253022462
- 0253022460
- OCLC:
- 933437840
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