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The Roman Salute : Cinema, History, Ideology / Martin M. Winkler.

Author/creator Winkler, Martin M.
Other author/creatorProject Muse.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoColumbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2009. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Description1 online resource (xi, 223 pages :) : illustrations ;
Supplemental Content Full text available:
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Series Book collections on Project MUSE. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Saluting gestures in Roman art and literature -- Jacques-Louis David's Oath of the Horatii -- Raised-arm salutes in the United States before fascism : from the pledge of allegiance to Ben-Hur on stage -- Early cinema : American and European epics -- Cabiria : the intersection of cinema and politics -- Gabriele d'Annunzio and Cabiria -- Fiume : the Roman salute becomes a political symbol -- From D'Annunzio to Mussolini -- Nazi cinema and its impact on Hollywood's Roman epics : from Leni Riefenstahl to Quo vadis -- Visual legacies : antiquity on the screen from Quo vadis to Rome -- Cinema : from Salome to Alexander -- Television : from Star trek to Rome -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 195-212) and indexes.
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008041124
ISBN9780814271698
ISBN0814271693

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