Includes filmography (pages 243-246). Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-262) and index.
Contents:
Part 1. Ancient Allusions and Modern Anxieties in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) / G.W. Pabst's Hesiodic Myth of Sex in Die Büchse der Pandora (1929) / Christopher M. McDonough. Kiss Me Deadly (1955): Pandora and Prometheus in Robert Aldrich's Cinematic Subversion of Spillane / Paula James -- Perversions of the Phaeacians: The Gothic Odyssey of Angels & Insects (1996) / Meredith Safran -- Woman Trouble: True Love and Homecoming in Pedro Almodóvar's Volver (2006) / Corinne Pache -- Sappho and Pocahontas in Terrence Malick's The New World (2005) / Seán Easton -- Soul Fuck: Possession and the Female Body in Antiquity and in Cinema / Kirsten Day -- Ancient Allusions and Modern Anxieties in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) / Christopher M. McDonough. Part 2. Subverting Sex and Love in Alejandro Amenábar's Agora (2009) / Gorgo at the Limits of Liberation in Zack Snyder's 300 (2006) / Joanna Paul. Oliver Stone's Unmanning of Alexander the Great in Alexander (2004) / Jerry B. Pierce -- The Order of Orgies: Sex and the Cinematic Roman / Stacie Raucci -- Partnership and Love in Spartacus: Blood and Sand (2010) / Antony Augoustakis -- Objects of Desire: Female Gazes and Male Bodies in Spartacus: Blood and Sand (2010) / Anise K. Strong -- Glenn Close Channels Theda Bara in Maxie (1985): A Chapter in the Social History of the Snake Bra / Gregory N. Daugherty -- Virility and Licentiousness in Rome's Mark Antony (2005-07) / Rachael Kelly -- Love, Rebellion, and Cleavage: Boadicea's Hammered Breastplate in The Viking Queen (1967) / Alison Futrell -- Subverting Sex and Love in Alejandro Amenábar's Agora (2009) / Joanna Paul.
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