 At the end of 2017, my first book, The New Peplum: Essays on Sword and Sandal Films and Television Programs since the 1990s, was published by McFarland. The anthology covers the concept of neo-pepla, sword and sandal films and television after 1990. The original CFP for this book can be found at H-net. The table of contents is as follows: Foreword - David R. Coon Introduction - Nicholas Diak Part One - Crossing the Rubicon: Expanding the Neo- Peplum Boundaries Adapting to New Spaces: Swords and Planets and the Neo- Peplum - Paul Johnson Hercules: Transmedia Superhero Mythology - Djoymi Baker From Crowds to Swarms: Movement and Bodies in Neo- Peplum Films - Kevin M. Flanagan Part Two - Wisdom from the Gods: Mythological Adaptations There are no boundaries for our Boats: Vikings and the Westernization of the Norse Saga - Steve Nash Sounds of Swords and Sandals: Music in Neo-Peplum BBC Television Docudramas - Nick Poulakis Part Three - The “Glory” of Rome: Depictions of the Empire Male Nudity, Violence and the Disruption of Voyeuristic Pleasure in Starz’s Spartacus - Hannah Mueller Sex, Lies and Denarii: Roman Depravity and Oppression in Starz’s Spartacus - Jerry B. Pierce In the Green Zone with the Ninth legion: The Post-Iraq Roman Film - Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. Part Four - Sculpted in Marble: Gender and Representation Laughing at the Body: The Imitation of Masculinity in Peplum Parody Films - Tatiana Prorokova Queering the Quest: Neo-Peplum and the Neo-Femme in Xena: Warrior Princess - Haydee Smith Afterword - Steven L. Sears Reviews Erratas The following mistakes are in The New Peplum. For transparency, they are listed below:
Here is a list of other texts that have cited/referenced The New Peplum and the essays inside: "Ancient Greece and Rome in Videogames: Representation, Player Processes, and Transmedial Connections" - PhD thesis by Dr. Ross Clare (link) Cites Baker, Diak, Flanagan, Frankel, Johnson, Mueller, Nash, and Pierce. The Borgia Family: Rumor and Representation - Edited by Jennifer Mara DeSilva Cites Diak. Dracula as Absolute Other: The Troubling and Distracting Specter of Stoker's Vampire on Screen - Written by Simon Bacon Cites Johnson. Researching the Archaeological Past through Imagined Narratives: A Necessary Fiction - Edited by Daniël van Helden and Robert Witcher Cites Mueller and Pierce. "Xena: Warrior Princess - The Giant Killer (1996)" - Article by Matt Page at the Bible Films Blog (link) Cites Frankel. Misc. To compliment/supplement this book, here are some of my articles, musing, and reviews on neo-pepla, sword and sandal, sword and sorcery, sword and planet, and all genres in between. (not updated in a while)
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