Rome, season one
Subtitle: history makes television
By: edited by Monica S. Cyrino.
Contributors: Cyrino, Monica Silveira.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781405167765; 9781405167758
Subjects: Rome (Television program); Rome -- On television.
Description: "This is the first scholarly text to examine the inaugural season of Rome, an award-winning joint production between HBO and the BBC. It collects essays by scholars in the fields of classical antiquity and popular culture. Focusing on the series' historical framework, visual and narrative style, thematic overtones, and influence on popular culture, the book also addresses of the production and considers its place in the tradition of epic films about ancient Rome."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-243) and index.
Table of contents: title: Televising antiquity : from You are there to Rome / Jon Solomon; title: Making history in Rome : ancient vs. modern perspectives / W. Jeffrey Tatum; title: What I learned as an historical consultant for Rome / Kristina Milnor; title: Rome's opening titles : triumph, spectacle, and desire / Holly Haynes; title: The fog of war : the army in Rome / Lee L. Brice; title: Caesar's soldiers : the Pietas of Vorenus and Pullo / Brian Cooke; title: Becoming Augustus : the education of Octavian / Barbara Weiden Boyd; title: "Not some cheap murder" : Caesar's assassination / Alison Futrell; title: Women's politics in the streets of Rome / Antony Augoustakis; title: Atia and the erotics of authority / Monica S. Cyrino; title: Her first Roman : a Cleopatra for Rome / Gregory N. Daugherty; title: Gowns and gossip : gender and class struggle in Rome / Margaret M. Toscano; title: The gender gap : religious spaces in Rome / J. Mira Seo; title: Staging interiors in Rome's villas / Alena Allen; title: Latin in the movies and Rome / Ward Briggs; title: Spectacle of sex : bodies on display in Rome / Stacie Raucci; title: Vice is nice : Rome and deviant sexuality / Anise K. Strong.