Starz Spartacus: Reimagining an Icon on Screen (Screening Antiquity) - Hardcover

Antony Agoustakis; Monica S Cyrino

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1474407846 ISBN 13: 9781474407847

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2016

Synopsis

The figure of Spartacus often serves as an icon of resistance against oppression in modern political movements, while his legend has inspired numerous receptions over the centuries in many different popular media. This new essay collection brings together a wide range of scholarly perspectives on the four seasons of the acclaimed and highly successful premium cable television series STARZ Spartacus (2010-13), with contributions from experts in the fields of Classics, History, Gender, Film and Media Studies, and Classical Reception. STARZ Spartacus uncovers a fascinating range of topics and themes within the series such as slavery, society, politics, spectacle, material culture, sexuality, aesthetics, and fan reception. As the first volume of essays published on the entirety of the STARZ Spartacus series, this book is a valuable resource for both students and scholars eager to confront a new Spartacus, as the hero of the slave revolt is recast for a twenty-first century audience.

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About the Author

Antony Augoustakis is Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. Monica S. Cyrino is Professor of Classics at the University of New Mexico.

From the Back Cover

‘In 1960 Kirk Douglas’ Spartacus was directed toward the liberal values of its middle class audience. The contributors to this volume ably show in their analyses how half a century later both producers and viewers of STARZ Spartacus have become significantly more disparate in their aspirations, whether political or sexual.’Arthur J. Pomeroy, Victoria University of WellingtonGladiator, rebel slave leader, revolutionary: the figure of Spartacus often serves as an icon of resistance against oppression in modern political movements, while his legend has inspired numerous receptions over the centuries in many different popular media. This new essay collection brings together a wide range of scholarly perspectives on the four seasons of the acclaimed and highly successful premium cable television series STARZ Spartacus (2010-13), with contributions from experts in the fields of Classics, History, Gender, Film and Media Studies, and Classical Reception.STARZ Spartacus uncovers a fascinating range of topics and themes within the series such as slavery, society, politics, spectacle, material culture, sexuality, aesthetics and fan reception. As the first volume of essays published on the entirety of the STARZ Spartacus series, this book is a valuable resource for both students and scholars eager to confront a new Spartacus, as the hero of the slave revolt is recast for a twenty-first-century audience.Antony Augoustakis is Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Monica S. Cyrino is Professor of Classics at the University of New Mexico.Cover image: Donald MacKenzieCover design:[EUP logo]edinburghuniversitypress.comISBN 978-1-4744-0784-7Barcode

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1474407846
• ISBN 13: 9781474407847
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 268
• Editor: Antony Agoustakis, Monica Cyrino