Of Muscles and Men

Essays on the Sword and Sandal Film

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Few movie genres have highlighted the male body more effectively than the "sword-and-sandal" film, where the rippling torso and the bulging muscle are displayed for all to appreciate. Carrying his phallic sword and dressed in traditional garb calculated to bring attention to his magnificent physique, the sword-and-sandal hero is capable of toppling great nations, rescuing heroines, defeating monsters, and generally saving the day. Each of these essays examines the issues of masculinity and utility addressed in the sword-and-sandal genre. The contributors offer insights on a film form which showcases its male protagonists as heroic, violent, fleshy, and, in the end, extremely useful.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-09-06
Mått152 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt299 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor218
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786461622

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Table of ContentsIntroduction—Of Muscles and Men: The Forms and Functions of the Sword and Sandal FilmMICHAEL G. CORNELIUS Hercules, Politics, and MoviesMARIA ELENA D’AMELIO Hero Trouble: Blood, Politics, and Kinship in Pasolini’s MedeaKRISTI M. WILSON “To do or die manfully”: Performing Heteronormativity in Recent Epic FilmsJERRY B. PIERCE From Maciste to Maximus and Company: The Fragmented Hero in the New EpicANDREW B. R. ELLIOTT Reverent and Irreverent Violence: In Defense of Spartacus, Conan, and LeonidasJOHN ELIA “Civilization ... ancient and wicked”: Historicizing the Ideological Field of 1980s Sword and Sandal FilmsKEVIN M. FLANAGAN Homer’s Lies, Brad Pitt’s Thighs: Revisiting the Pre-Oedipal Mother and the German Wartime Father in Wolfgang Petersen’s TroyROBERT C. PIRRO An Enduring Logic: Homer, Helen of Troy, and Narrative MobilityLARRY T. SHILLOCK “By Jupiter’s Cock!” Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Video Games, and Camp ExcessDAVID SIMMONS Beefy Guys and Brawny Dolls: He-Man, the Masters of the Universe, and Gay Clone CultureMICHAEL G. CORNELIUS Developments in Peplum Filmmaking: Disney’s HerculesCHRIS PALLANT Hercules Diminished? Parody, Differentiation, and Emulation in The Three Stooges Meet HerculesDANIEL O’BRIEN About the Contributors Index