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Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Master's Theses, Dissertations, Graduate Research and Major Papers Overview
Ancient film epic;epic films;film criticism;transgressive masculinities;homosexuality in films;gender studies;queer theory;sword and sandal films;Judith Butler;Michel Foucault
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Transgressive Masculinities In Selected Sword And Sandal Films, Merle Kenneth Peirce
Transgressive Masculinities In Selected Sword And Sandal Films, Merle Kenneth Peirce
Master's Theses, Dissertations, Graduate Research and Major Papers Overview
Examines significant films in the ancient epic canon from a queer theoretical viewpoint to survey the extent of atypical gender formations within the genre. Uses the studies of Judith Butler and Michel Foucault, in the main, to establish the basis of these trangressive gender formations and to provide an explanation of their causes and appearances.