Descended from Hercules: Biopolitics and the Muscled Male Body on Screen by Robert A. Rushing

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Descended from Hercules: Biopolitics and the Muscled Male Body on Screen

Robert A. Rushing

224 pages paperback

2 editions

nonfiction art history medium-paced
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Muscles, six-pack abs, skin, and sweat fill the screen in the tawdry and tantalizing peplum films associated with epic Italian cinema of the 1950s and 1960s. Using techniques like slow motion and stopped time, these films instill the hero's vitali...

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