STARZ Spartacus : reimagining an icon on screen /

Gladiator, rebel slave leader, revolutionary: the figure of Spartacus frequently serves as an icon of resistance against oppression in modern political movements, while his legend has inspired numerous receptions over the centuries in many different media. With its visually excessive style of graphi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Augoustakis, Antony (Editor ), Cyrino, Monica Silveira (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]
Colección:Screening antiquity.
Temas:
Spartacus, > -71 B.C. > On television.
Spartacus, > -71 B.C.
Spartacus (Television program : 2010-2013)
PERFORMING ARTS > Television > History & Criticism.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Series Editors' Preface
  • Editors' Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • List of Illustrations
  • Episode Listing
  • Introduction: Reimagining a New Spartacus
  • Part I. Heroes and heroism
  • 1 Memories of Storied Heroes
  • 2 From Kubrick's Political Icon to Television Sex Symbol
  • 3 The Life and Death of Gannicus
  • 4 A New Crassus as Roman Villain
  • Part II. Social spaces
  • 5 Upward Mobility in the House of Batiatus
  • 6 Social Dynamics and Liminal Spaces
  • 7 Building a New Ancient Rome
  • Part III. Gender and sexuality
  • 8 The Rape of Lucretia
  • 9 The Others
  • 10 Fan Reactions to Nagron as One True Pairing
  • Part IV. Spectacle and violence
  • 11 Base Pleasures, Spectacle, and Society
  • 12 Draba's Legacy and the Spectacle of Sacrifice
  • 13 Violence and Voyeurism in the Arena
  • Filmography
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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