Descended from Hercules
Subtitle: biopolitics and the muscled male body on screen
By: Robert A. Rushing
Series: New directions in national cinemas; New directions in national cinemas
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780253022509; 9780253022462
Subjects: Human body in motion pictures; History and criticism; Masculinity in motion pictures; Peplum films
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: a peplum genealogy; title: Nos morituri: time in the peplum; title: Pre/post: sexuality in the peplum; title: Skin flicks: the haptic peplum; title: Immune systems: the peplum as biopolitical genre; title: Conclusion: biopolitical fantasy; title: Filmography.