The Roman salute:cinema, history, ideology
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Ohio State University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Columbus |
Publication Dates: | c2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xi, 223 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780814208649 (cloth : alk. paper) 0814208649 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | K126 |
CLC: | K126-05 |
Call Number: | K126-05/W775 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-212) and indexes. Saluting gestures in Roman art and literature -- Jacques-Louis David's Oath of the Horatii -- Raised-arm salutes in the United States before fascism : from the pledge of allegiance to Ben-Hur on stage -- Early cinema : American and European epics -- Cabiria : the intersection of cinema and politics -- Gabriele d'Annunzio and Cabiria -- Fiume : the Roman salute becomes a political symbol -- From D'Annunzio to Mussolini -- Nazi cinema and its impact on Hollywood's Roman epics : from Leni Riefenstahl to Quo vadis -- Visual legacies : antiquity on the screen from Quo vadis to Rome -- Cinema : from Salome to Alexander -- Television : from Star trek to Rome -- Conclusion. |