Spartacus in the television arena: essays on the Starz series

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"The image of Spartacus as a noble if doomed avenger is familiar and his story has been retold through history as a cautionary tale about social injustice. The series Spartacus takes a different view, with a graphically violent depiction of the man. This collection of new essays studies the series as an exploration of masculinity"--;Introduction: blood, sand and men / Michael G. Cornelius -- Arenas of memory: Spartacus and the remediation of historical narratives / Drago Manea -- "It is for history to decide": the story space of the Spartacus series / James Klima -- The sound world of Spartacus: representations of ancient musical instruments in the series / Lorenzo Sorbo -- Single combat, the semiotics of the arena and martial intimacy / Larry T. Shillock -- Spartacus' entrapment in the underworld in blood and sand / Rachel S. McCoppin -- Blood, sex, sand and mills: the sociological imagination between gladiators / Jason Smith -- Spartacus and the shifting sands of sacred space / Michael G. Cornelius -- The predators of Capua: Spartacus and the limits of the human / Ariel Gómez Ponce -- (Re)presenting the phallus: gladiators and their "swords" / Robert K. Dickson and Michael G. Cornelius -- Queer heroes and action heroines: gender and sexuality in Spartacus / Anna Foka. Introduction: blood, sand and men / Michael G. Cornelius -- Arenas of memory: Spartacus and the remediation of historical narratives / Drago Manea -- "It is for history to decide": the story space of the Spartacus series / James Klima -- The sound world of Spartacus: representations of ancient musical instruments in the series / Lorenzo Sorbo -- Single combat, the semiotics of the arena and martial intimacy / Larry T. Shillock -- Spartacus' entrapment in the underworld in blood and sand / Rachel S. McCoppin -- Blood, sex, sand and mills: the sociological imagination between gladiators / Jason Smith -- Spartacus and the shifting sands of sacred space / Michael G. Cornelius -- The predators of Capua: Spartacus and the limits of the human / Ariel Gómez Ponce -- (Re)presenting the phallus: gladiators and their "swords" / Robert K. Dickson and Michael G. Cornelius -- Queer heroes and action heroines: gender and sexuality in Spartacus / Anna Foka.