Table of Contents: “...Introduction: the functions and forms of the sword and sandal film / Michael G. Cornelius...”
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Table of Contents: “... -- Pandora's daughters: the silent majority -- Swords and sandals: war in Homer, Herodotus and Thucydides...”
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Table of Contents: “... -- The Italian "Peplum": the sword and sandal epic -- Commedia all'italiana: comedy and social criticism...”

Table of Contents: “...The Italian sword-and-sandal film from Fabiola (1949) to Hercules and the captive women (1961...”
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Table of Contents: “... of Strength: The Sword-and-Sandals Film, Robert A. Rushing; 12: Men in Boots: On Spectacular Masculinity...”
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