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Imperial Projections:

Ancient Rome in Modern Popular Culture
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In this book, scholars from a variety of fields—classics, history, film studies, and gender theory—provide an interdisciplinary look at how ancient Rome has been depicted in the media and what these varied portrayals tell us about contemporary culture.


Contents:

Introduction by Sandra R. Joshel, Margaret Malamud, and Maria Wyke

Chapter 1: ""Oppositions, Anxieties, and Ambiguities in the Toga Movie"" by William Fitzgerald

Chapter 2: ""The Roman Empire in American Cinema after 1945"" by Martin Winkler

Chapter 3: ""Seeing Red: Spartacus as Domestic Economist"" by Alison Futrell

Chapter 4: ""I, Claudius: Projection and Imperial Soap Opera"" by Sandra R. Joshel

Chapter 5: ""'Infamy! Infamy! They've All Got It in for Me!': Carry on Cleo and the British Camp Comedies of Ancient Rome"" by Nicholas Cull

Chapter 6: ""Brooklyn on the Tiber: Roman Comedy on Broadway and in Film"" by Margaret Malamud

Chapter 7: ""Serial Romans"" by Martha Malamud

Chapter 8: ""Shared Sexualities: Roman Soldiers, Derek Jarman's Sebastiane, and British Homosexuality"" by Maria Wyke

Chapter 9: ""Living Like Romans in Las Vegas: The Roman World at Caesar's Palace"" by Margaret Malamud and Donald T. McGuire, Jr.

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""Imperial Projections provides some intriguing new perspectives on such pop culture representations of Rome and the Romans.""

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