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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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