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Few movie genres have highlighted the male body more effectively than the sword-and-sandal film, where the rippling torso and the bulging muscle are displayed for all to appreciate. Carrying his phallic sword and dressed in traditional garb calculated to bring attention to his magnificent physique, the sword-and-sandal hero is capable of toppling great nations, rescuing heroines, defeating monsters, and generally saving the day. Each of these essays examines the issues of masculinity and utility addressed in the sword-and-sandal genre. The contributors offer insights on a film form which showcases its male protagonists as heroic, violent, fleshy, and, in the end, extremely useful.

Of Muscles and Men

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    A Paperback by Michael G. Cornelius

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      Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
      Publication Date: 9/6/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780786461622, 978-0786461622
      ISBN10: 0786461624

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      Book Synopsis

      Few movie genres have highlighted the male body more effectively than the sword-and-sandal film, where the rippling torso and the bulging muscle are displayed for all to appreciate. Carrying his phallic sword and dressed in traditional garb calculated to bring attention to his magnificent physique, the sword-and-sandal hero is capable of toppling great nations, rescuing heroines, defeating monsters, and generally saving the day. Each of these essays examines the issues of masculinity and utility addressed in the sword-and-sandal genre. The contributors offer insights on a film form which showcases its male protagonists as heroic, violent, fleshy, and, in the end, extremely useful.

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