STARZ Spartacus: Reimagining an Icon on Screen

Antonios Augoustakis; Monica Silveira Cyrino

doi:10.3366/edinburgh/9781474407847.001.0001

STARZ Spartacus: Reimagining an Icon on Screen

Antonios Augoustakis (Editor), Monica Silveira Cyrino (Editor)

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Abstract

The figure of Spartacus often serves as an icon of resistance against oppression in modern political movements, while his legend has inspired numerous receptions over the centuries in many different popular media. This new book brings together a wide range of scholarly perspectives on the four seasons of the acclaimed and highly successful premium cable television series STARZ Spartacus (2010–13), with contributions from the fields of classics, history, gender, film and media studies, and classical reception. The book uncovers a fascinating range of topics and themes within the series such as slavery, society, politics, spectacle, material culture, sexuality, aesthetics, and fan reception.

Original language	English (US)
Publisher	Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages	268
ISBN (Print)	9781474407847, 9781474432566
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474407847.001.0001
State	Published - Nov 2016

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Name	Screening Antiquity

Keywords

Spartacus
oppression
gender
film
classical reception
slavery
spectacle
material culture
fan reception

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