Title Descended from Hercules : biopolitics and the muscled male body on screen / Robert A. Rushing.

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Description	1 online resource.
	text file
Series	New directions in national cinemas
	New directions in national cinemas.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: a peplum genealogy -- Nos morituri: time in the peplum -- Pre/post: sexuality in the peplum -- Skin flicks: the haptic peplum -- Immune systems: the peplum as biopolitical genre -- Conclusion: biopolitical fantasy -- Filmography.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Masculinity in motion pictures.
	Masculinity in motion pictures.
	Human body in motion pictures.
	Human body in motion pictures.
	Peplum films -- History and criticism.
	Peplum films.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form:	Print version: Rushing, Robert A. Descended from Hercules. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2016] 9780253022509 (DLC) 2016015832
ISBN	9780253022585 (electronic book)
	0253022584 (electronic book)
	9780253022509 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
	0253022460
	0253022509
	9780253022462 (cloth ; alkaline paper)