{"product_id":"the-new-peplum-9781476667621","title":"The New Peplum","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Peplum or sword-and-sandal films--an Italian genre of the late 1950s through the 1960s--featured ancient Greek, Roman and Biblical stories with gladiators, mythological monsters and legendary quests. The new wave of historic epics, known as neo-pepla, is distinctly different, embracing new technologies and storytelling techniques to create an immersive experience unattainable in the earlier films.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This collection of new essays explores the neo-peplum phenomenon through a range of topics, including comic book adaptations like \u003ci\u003eHercules\u003c\/i\u003e, the expansion of genre boundaries in \u003ci\u003eJupiter Ascending\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJohn Carter\u003c\/i\u003e, depictions of Romans and slaves in \u003ci\u003eSpartacus\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Eagle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCenturion\u003c\/i\u003e as metaphors for America''s involvement in the Iraq War.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040411124055,"sku":"9781476667621","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476667621.jpg?v=1750946663","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-new-peplum-9781476667621","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}