Descended from Hercules : Biopolitics and the Muscled Male Body on Screen /

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Muscles, six-pack abs, skin, and sweat fill the screen in the tawdry and tantalizing peplum films associated with epic Italian cinema of the 1950s and 1960s. Using techniques like slow motion and stopped time, these films instill the hero's vitality with timeless admiration and immerse the hero...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rushing, Robert A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Peplum films.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Human body in motion pictures.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Peplums (Cinema) > Histoire et critique.
Corps humain au cinema.
Masculinite au cinema.
Peplum films > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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