Cyrino Rome Season One

History Makes Television
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-0155-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, E-Book

Rome, Season One: History Makes Television examines thefirst season of the HBO-BBC collaboration, Rome, in acollection of thought-provoking essays by some of the world'smost influential scholars in the fields of classical antiquity andpopular culture.
* * Examines the first season of the HBO-BBC collaboration,Rome, in a collection of 17 thought-provoking essays by someof the world's most influential scholars in the fields ofclassical antiquity and popular culture
* Focuses on the award-winning first season's historicalframework, visual and narrative style, contemporary thematicovertones, and influence on popular culture
* Addresses the artistic values, and roles of the script, sets,and actors
* Reveals how the series Rome 'makes history'in terms of representing the past on screen and producinginnovative and influential television.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cyrino, Monica Silveira

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations.
Notes on Contributors.
Episode Guide.
Introduction (Monica S. Cyrino).
1 Televising Antiquity: From You Are There to Rome (JonSolomon).
2 Making History in Rome: Ancient vs. Modern Perspectives (W.Jeffrey Tatum).
3 What I Learned as an Historical Consultant for Rome(Kristina Milnor).
4 Rome's Opening Titles: Triumph, Spectacle and Desire(Holly Haynes).
5 The Fog of War: The Army in Rome (Lee L. Brice).
6 Caesar's Soldiers: The Pietas of Vorenus & Pullo(Brian Cooke).
7 Becoming Augustus: The Education of Octavian (BarbaraWeiden Boyd).
8 "Not Some Cheap Murder": Caesar's Assassination(Alison Futrell).
9 Women's Politics in the Streets of Rome (AntonyAugoustakis).
10 Atia and the Erotics of Authority (Monica S.Cyrino).
11 Her First Roman: A Cleopatra for Rome (Gregory N.Daugherty).
12 Gowns and Gossip: Gender and Class Struggle in Rome(Margaret M. Toscano).
13 The Gender Gap: Religious Spaces in Rome (J. MiraSeo).
14 Staging Interiors in Rome's Villas (Alena Allen).
15 Latin in the Movies and Rome (Ward Briggs).
16 Spectacle of Sex: Bodies on Display in Rome (StacieRaucci).
17 Vice is Nice: Rome and Deviant Sexuality (Anise K.Strong).
Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Monica S. Cyrino is Professor of Classics at the University of New Mexico. She is the author of Big Screen Rome (Blackwell, 2005) and In Pandora's Jar: Lovesickness in Early Greek Poetry (1995), and has appeared as an academic consultant on the television show History vs. Hollywood on The History Channel. Dr. Cyrino was awarded the American Philological Association's national teaching award in classics (1998-1999).