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Screening Love and Sex in the Ancient World

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  1. Monica S. Cyrino
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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction Screening Love and Sex in the Ancient World

      • Monica S. Cyrino
      Pages 1-8

  3. Screening Love and Sex in Ancient Myth and Literature

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. G. W. Pabst’s Hesiodic Myth of Sex in Die Büchse der Pandora (1929)

      • Lorenzo F. Garcia Jr.
      Pages 11-24

    3. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

      • Paula James
      Pages 25-38

    4. Perversions of the Phaeacians

      • Meredith Safran
      Pages 39-53

    5. Woman Trouble

      • Corinne Pache
      Pages 55-67

    6. Sappho and Pocahontas in Terrence Malick’s The New World (2005)

      • Seán Easton
      Pages 69-83

    7. Soul Fuck

      • Kirsten Day
      Pages 85-98

    8. Ancient Allusions and Modern Anxieties in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

      • Christopher M. McDonough
      Pages 99-110

  4. Screening Love and Sex in Ancient History

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. Gorgo at the Limits of Liberation in Zack Snyder’s 300 (2007)

      • Vincent Tomasso
      Pages 113-126

    3. Oliver Stone’s Unmanning of Alexander the Great in Alexander (2004)

      • Jerry B. Pierce
      Pages 127-141

    4. The Order of Orgies

      • Stacie Raucci
      Pages 143-155

    5. Partnership and Love in Spartacus: Blood and Sand (2010)

      • Antony Augoustakis
      Pages 157-165

    6. Objects of Desire

      • Anise K. Strong
      Pages 167-181

    7. Glenn Close Channels Theda Bara in Maxie (1985)

      • Gregory N. Daugherty
      Pages 183-194

    8. Virility and Licentiousness in Rome’s Mark Antony (2005–7)

      • Rachael Kelly
      Pages 195-209

    9. Love, Rebellion, and Cleavage

      • Alison Futrell
      Pages 211-225

    10. Subverting Sex and Love in Alejandro Amenábar’s Agora (2009)

      • Joanna Paul
      Pages 227-241
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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.

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'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 authors

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

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