Title & Author:

Imperial projections : ancient Rome in modern popular culture / edited by Sandra R. Joshel, Margaret Malamud, and Donald T. McGuire, Jr.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

Description:

viii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Arethusa books

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-286) and index.
Oppositions, anxieties, and ambiguities in the toga movie / William Fitzgerald -- The Roman empire in American cinema after 1945 / Martin M. Winkler -- Seeing red : Spartacus as domestic economist / Alison Futrell -- I, Claudius : projection and imperial soap opera / Sandra R. Joshel -- "Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me!" : Carry on Cleo and the British camp comedies of ancient Rome / Nicholas J. Cull -- Brooklyn-on-the-Tiber : Roman comedy on Broadway and in film / Margaret Malamud -- Serial Romans / Martha Malamud -- Shared sexualities : Roman soldiers, Derek Jarman's Sebastiane, and British homosexuality / Maria Wyke -- Living like Romans in Las Vegas : the Roman world at Caesars Palace / Margaret Malamud and Donald T. McGuire, Jr.

Summary:

The creators of popular culture have often appropriated elements of Roman history and society. This text looks at how ancient Rome has been depicted and what the portrayals tell us about contemporary culture.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0801867428 (alk. paper)
9780801867422 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Literature
Motion pictures
Rezeption
Alltagskultur
Beeldvorming.
Romeinse oudheid.
Films.
Rome In motion pictures.
Rome In literature.
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
USA
Rome (Italy) In motion pictures.

Added entries:

Joshel, Sandra R. (Sandra Rae), 1947-
Malamud, Margaret.
McGuire, Donald T.
Arethusa books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 225953
Call No.: PN1995.9.R68 I47 2001
Status: Available