Simmons, D. (2011) "By Jupiter's cock!" Spartacus: Blood and Sand, video games, and camp excess. In: Cornelius, M. G. (ed.) Of Muscles and Men: Essays on the Sword and Sandal Film. North Carolina: McFarland. pp. 144-153.
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| Abstract: | This chapter examines Starz network's Spartacus: Blood and Sand exploring its position as one of the first examples of television that “remediates” (to borrow a term from Bolter and Grusin) aspects of video-games to create an aesthetic of 'camp' excess. The chapter argues that the show’s continued reliance on the camp excesses of video-game aesthetic and narrative conventions results in a program that remains unusual in the contemporary television landscape for acknowledging and foregrounding its own artificiality. Furthermore I discuss whether the show's commercial success in reaching an audience familiar with such populist and critically elided conventions suggests a need for a re-assessment of entrenched hegemonic approaches to television studies, one that recognises the increasingly synergistic and digitised nature of contemporary television. |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1992 Television broadcasts |
| Creators: | Simmons, David |
| Editors: | Cornelius, Michael G |
| Publisher: | McFarland |
| Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: |
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing Research Centres > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing |
| Date: | 15 September 2011 |
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Page Range: | pp. 144-153 |
| Title of Book: | Of Muscles and Men: Essays on the Sword and Sandal Film |
| Place of Publication: | North Carolina |
| Number of Pages: | 212 |
| Language: | English |
| ISBN: | 9780786461622 |
| Status: | Published / Disseminated |
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| URI: | http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/4409 |
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