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Citations for The New Peplum
I’ve finally procured a copy of The Borgia Family: Rumor and Representation and was able to confirm that Jennifer Mara DeSilva’s essay “The Secularization of Cesar Borgia and the American Motion Picture Production Code” contains my intro to The New Peplum listed in the bibliography. I’ve updated the page for The New Peplum to reflect this. The book can be found for sale at the Routledge store website.
Dr. Hannah Mueller’s essay, “Male Nudity, Violence and the Disruption of Voyeuristic Pleasure in Starz’s Spartacus” is cited in Dr. Maria San Filippo’s book, Provocauteurs and Provocations: Screening Sex in 21st Century Media. This book can be found at the Indiana University Press bookstore.
McFarland Sale on Viking Books
McFarland is having a sale for books about Vikings in film and pop culture. From now until December 31, if you use the code VIKINGS30 during check out, you’ll get a 30% discount. The New Peplum is part of this sale, no doubt due to the presence of Steve Nash’s excellent essay “There are no Boundaries for our Boats: Vikings and the Westernization of the Norse Saga”.
Call for Papers
The Call for Abstracts for my collection of essays on neo-medievalism is live. The CFP can be found here.
General Neo-Peplum News
Dr. Ross Clare has given a presentation on Herodotus from Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey that has been published on the YouTube channel of Herodotus Helpline.
Rest in Peplum
A little late on the news for some of these folks as I’m just hearing of their passing.
Abby Dalton, perhaps best known for Falcon Crest, passed away at the age of 88 on November 23rd. She starred in The Viking Women and the Sea Serpent (1958, Roger Corman)
Romano Ghini passed away on October 25th. This guy was a prolific sword and sandal star:
- Samson (1961, Gianfranco Parolini)
- Triumph of Maciste (1961, Tanio Boccia)
- The Black Invaders (1962, Franco Montemurro)
- Fury of Achilles (1962, Marino Girolami)
- The Fury of Hercules (1962, Gianfranco Parolini)
- Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun (1964, Osvaldo Civirani)
- Antony and Cleopatra (1965, Vittorio Cottafavi)