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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154881303321

Autore

Kelly Rachael (Film critic)

Titolo

Mark Antony and popular culture : masculinity and the construction of an icon / / Rachael Kelly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London [England] : , : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, , 2014

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2019

ISBN

0-7556-9449-X

0-85773-589-6

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 pages) : illustrations

Collana

International library of cultural studies ; ; 36

Disciplina

791.436521

Soggetti

Feminist film criticism

Historical films - United States - History and criticism

Historical television programs - United States - History and criticism

Masculinity in motion pictures

Masculinity on television

Gender studies: men

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-288) and index (pages 289-304).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: 'A sort of retrofitting of the past with the present' -- Marcus Antonius: a life in invective -- 'There's a great spirit gone': the absence of Fulvia and Curio -- 'Th' abstract of all faults': Shakespeare's Antony as a cultural template -- Augustan projections: from Shakespeare to Rome -- 'Neither wit, nor words, nor worth': Antony versus the hegemonic man -- A modern morality tale: embellishments from the screen age -- Conclusion: 'A tale of modern times in fancy dress'.

Sommario/riassunto

"Rachael Kelly traces the Mark Antony myth in Hollywood historical epic film and television and examines the complex discourses of hegemonic masculinity that have shaped it. Certain tropes occur time and again in constructing Mark Antony for the screen, nurtured by the strong influence of Roman gendered social mores on Western society. Kelly exposes and examines these tropes in order to look at how and why Mark Antony as pop culture icon differs so substantially and specifically



from the actual historical figure Marcus Antonius - once the most powerful man in the Roman world, and the man who nearly led the Republic into empire."--Publishers website.