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The Roman Salute: Cinema, History, Ideology

The Roman Salute

The raised-arm salute was the most popular symbol of Fascism, Nazism, and related political ideologies in the twentieth century and is said to have derived from an ancient Roman custom. Although modern historians and others employ it as a matter of course, the term “Roman salute” is a misnomer. The true origins of this salute can be traced back to the popular culture of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that dealt with ancient Rome: historical plays and films. The visual culture of stage and screen from the 1890s to the 1920s was chiefly responsible for the wide familiarity of Europeans and Americans with forms of the raised-arm salute and made it readily available for political purposes. The Roman Salute: Cinema, History, Ideology by Martin M. Winkler presents extensive evidence for the modern origin of the raised-arm salute from well before the birth of Fascism and traces its varieties and its dissemination. The continuing presence of certain aspects of Fascism makes an examination of all its facets desirable, especially when the true origins of a symbol as potent as the salute and the history of its dissemination are barely known to classicists and historians of ancient Rome, on the one hand, and to scholars of modern European history, on the other. Thus this book will appeal to classicists and historians, including film historians, and will be of interest to readers beyond the academy.

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9780814271698
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9780814208649
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Pages
223
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2015-01-01
Language
English
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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Table of Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. List of Illustrations
  2. pp. vii-x
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xi-xii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-16
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  1. 1. Saluting Gestures in Roman Art and Literature
  2. pp. 17-41
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  1. 2. Jacques-Louis David's Oath of the Horatii
  2. pp. 42-56
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  1. 3. Raised-Arm Salutes in the United States Before Fascism: From the Pledge of Allegiance to Ben-Hur on Stage
  2. pp. 57-76
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  1. 4. Early Cinema: American and European Epics
  2. pp. 77-93
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  1. 5. Cabiria: The Intersection of Cinema and Politics
  2. pp. 94-121
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  1. 6. Nazi Cinema and Its Impact on Hollywood's Roman Epics: From Leni Riefenstahl to Quo Vadis
  2. pp. 122-150
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  1. 7. Visual Legacies: Antiquity on the Screen from Quo Vadis to Rome
  2. pp. 151-177
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  1. Conclusion
  2. pp. 178-184
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  1. Appendices
  2. pp. 185-194
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  1. Works Cited
  2. pp. 195-212
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  1. Index of Film Titles
  2. pp. 213-216
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  1. General Index
  2. pp. 217-223
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From Abortion to Pederasty: Addressing Difficult Topics in the Classics Classroom

From Abortion to Pederasty

This volume had its origins in a very specific situation: the teaching of ancient texts dealing with rape. Ensuing discussions among a group of scholars expanded outwards from this to other sensitive areas. Ancient sources raise a variety of issues—slavery, infanticide, abortion, rape, pederasty, domestic violence, death, sexuality—that may be difficult to discuss in a classroom where some students will have had experiences similar to those described in classical texts. They may therefore be reluctant to speak in class, and even the reading themselves may be painful. From Abortion to Pederasty: Addressing Difficult Topics in the Classics Classroom, edited by Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz and Fiona McHardy, is committed to the proposition that it is important to continue to teach texts that raise these issues, not to avoid them. In this volume, classicists and ancient historians from around the world address how to teach such topics as rape, pederasty, and slavery in the classics classroom. The contributors present the concrete ways in which they themselves have approached such issues in their course planning and in their responses to students’ needs. A main objective of From Abortion to Pederasty is to combat arguments, from both the left and the right, that the classics are elitist and irrelevant. Indeed, they are so relevant, and so challenging, as to be painful at times. Another objective is to show how Greco-Roman culture and history can provide a way into a discussion that might have been difficult or even traumatic in other settings. Thus it will provide teaching tools for dealing with uncomfortable topics in the classroom, including homophobia and racism.

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9780814273203
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  1. Title, Copyright
  2. pp. ii-v
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  1. Table of Contents
  2. pp. vi-vii
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  1. List of Illustrations
  2. pp. viii-ix
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  1. Editors' Preface
  2. pp. x-xi
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  1. Introduction: Difficult and Sensitive Discussions
  2. pp. 1-12
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  1. 1. Near Death Experiences: Greek Art and Archaeology beyond the Grave
  2. Tyler Jo Smith and Carrie L. Sulosky Weaver
  3. pp. 13-38
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  1. 2. Raising Lazarus: Death in the Classics Classroom
  2. Margaret E. Butler
  3. pp. 39-52
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  1. 3. Teaching about Disability in Today's Classics Classroom
  2. Lisa Trentin
  3. pp. 53-70
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  1. 4. Teaching Ancient Medicine: The Issues of Abortion
  2. Patty Baker, Helen King, and Laurence Totelin
  3. pp. 71-91
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  1. 5. The "Whole-University Approach" to the Pedagogy of Domestic Violence
  2. Susan Deacy and Fiony McHardy
  3. pp. 92-106
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  1. 6. Teaching Uncomfortable Subjects: When Religious Beliefs Get in the Way
  2. Polyxeni Strolonga
  3. pp. 107-118
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  1. 7. Too Sexy for South Africa? Teaching Aristophanes' Lysistrata in the Land of the Rainbow Nation
  2. Suzanna Sharland
  3. pp. 119-138
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  1. 8. Pedagogy and Pornography in the Classics Classroom
  2. Genevieve Liveley
  3. pp. 139-151
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  1. 9. Challenges in Teaching Sexual Violence and Rape: A Male Perspective
  2. Sanjaya Thakur
  3. pp. 152-170
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  1. 10. Talking Rape in the Classics Classroom: Further Thoughts
  2. Sharon L. James
  3. pp. 171-186
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  1. 11. Teaching the Uncomfortable Subject of Slavery
  2. Page DuBois
  3. pp. 187-198
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  1. 12. Teaching Ancient Comedy: Joking About Race, Ethnicity, and Slavery
  2. Barbara Gold
  3. pp. 199-211
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  1. 13. Difficult Dialogues about a Difficult Dialogue: Plato's Symposium and Its Gay Tradition
  2. Nikolai Endres
  3. pp. 212-226
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  1. 14. A World Away from Ours: Homoeroticism in the Classics Classroom
  2. Walter Duvall Penrose, Jr.
  3. pp. 227-247
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  1. 15. Queering Catullus in the Classroom: The Ethics of Teaching Poem 63
  2. Maxine Lewis
  3. pp. 248-266
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 267-294
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  1. Contributors
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