Classical Masculinity And The Spectacular Body On Film: The Mighty Sons Of Hercules

The muscle-bound male body is a perennial feature of classically-inflected action cinema. This book reassesses these films as a cinematic form, focusing on the depiction of heroic masculinity. In particular, Hercules in his many incarnations has greatly influenced popular cultural interpretations of manliness and the exaggerated male form.

• • Author: D. O'Brien
• • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• • Publication Date: Oct 29, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 198 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1137384700
• • ISBN-13: 9781137384706