Classical Masculinity and the Spectacular Body on Film: The Mighty Sons of Hercules

by Daniel O'Brien (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2014

  $59.85

  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.