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Film Stardom And The Ancient Past: Idols, Artefacts And Epics

by Michael Williams

2021-01-20 17:34:08

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This book offers the first comprehensive exploration of how the ancient past has shaped screen stardom in Hollywood since the silent era. It engages with debates on historical reception, gender and sexuality, nostalgia, authenticity and the uses of t... Read more
This book offers the first comprehensive exploration of how the ancient past has shaped screen stardom in Hollywood since the silent era. It engages with debates on historical reception, gender and sexuality, nostalgia, authenticity and the uses of the past. Michael Williams gives fresh insights into ''divinized stardom'', a highly influential and yet understudied phenomenon that predates Hollywood and continues into the digital age. 

Case studies include Greta Garbo andMata Hari(1931); Buster Crabbe and the 1930s Olympian body; the marketing of Rita Hayworth as Venus in the 1940s; sculpture and star performance in Oliver Stone''sAlexander(2004); landscape and sexuality inTroy(2004); digital afterimages of stars such as Marilyn Monroe; and the classical body in the contemporary ancient epic genre. The author''s richly layered ''archaeological'' approach uses detailed textual analysis and archival research to survey the use of the myth and iconography of ancient Greece and Rome in some of stardom''s most popular and fascinating incarnations. 
This interdisciplinary study will be significant for anyone interested in star studies, film and cultural history, and classical reception.

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ISBN9781137390011
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Michael Williams
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Michael Williams is a writer of plays, musicals, operas, and novels, and is the Managing Director of Cape Town Opera in South Africa. He is the author of several books, including the highly praised yo...

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