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Subject(s)

• Peplum films—History and criticism [Browse]
• Masculinity in motion pictures [Browse]

Series

Library of gender and popular culture [More in this series]

Summary note

"Anglo-American culture is marked by a gladiatorial impulse: a deep cultural fascination in watching men fight each other. The gladiator is an archetypal character embodying this impulse and his brand of violent and eroticised masculinity has become a cultural shorthand that signals a transhistorical version of heroic masculinity. Frequently the gladiator or celebrity fighter - from the amphitheatres of Rome to the octagon of the Ultimate Fighting Championships - is used as a way of insisting that a desire to fight, and to watch men fighting, is simply a part of our human nature. This book traces a cultural interest in stories about gladiators through twentieth and twenty-first-century film, television and videogames"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

ISBN

• 9781350120075 (hardcover)
• 1350120073 (hardcover)

LCCN

2020017568

OCLC

1141992657

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