$161.49
Author: Cyrino Monica S.
Brand: Springer
Edition: 2013
Format: Illustrated
Number Of Pages: 287
Details: Product Description
This dynamic collection of essays by international film scholars and classicists addresses the provocative representation of sexuality in the ancient world on screen. A critical reader on approaches used to examine sexuality in classical settings, contributors use case studies from films and television series spanning from the 1920s to the present.
Review
‘Cyrino has gathered 16 original and entertaining essays by leading international film scholars and classicists exploring how images of a dissolute Rome, as well as of alternative sexualities (especially homoerotic) in ancient Greece, have influenced modern films and TV series . . . Film buffs, fans of the classics, and anyone interested in ideologies of love and sex will find much to enjoy in this well-edited volume. Summing Up: Highly Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above.’ – CHOICE
About the Author
ANTONY AUGOUSTAKIS University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA GREGORY N. DAUGHERTY Randolph-Macon College, USA KIRSTEN DAY Augustana College, USA SEÁN EASTON Gustavus Adolphus College, USA ALISON FUTRELL University of Arizona, USA LORENZO F. GARCIA JR. University of New Mexico, USA PAULA JAMES The Open University RACHAEL KELLY University of Ulster, UK CHRISTOPHER M. MCDONOUGH University of the South, USA CORINNE PACHE Trinity University, USA JOANNA PAUL The Open University JERRY B. PIERCE Penn State Hazleton University, USA STACIE RAUCCI Union College, USA MEREDITH SAFRAN Drew University, USA ANISE K. STRONG Western Michigan University, USA VINCENT TOMASSO Ripon College, UK
Release Date: 30-01-2013
Package Dimensions: 22x218x458
