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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Winkler, Martin M. (1952-....)
Titre(s) : The Roman salute [Texte imprimé] : cinema, history, ideology / Martin M. Winkler
Publication : Columbus, [Ohio] : Ohio state university press, copyright 2009
Description matérielle : xi, 223 pages : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-212) and indexes
"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."--Page 4 of cover
Sujet(s) : Salutations -- Rome
Rites et cérémonies politiques -- Histoire
Salutations -- Au cinéma
Indice(s) Dewey :
394 (23e éd.) = Coutumes générales
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780814208649. - ISBN 0814208649
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45535567h
Notice n° :
FRBNF45535567
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Saluting gestures in Roman art and literature ; Jacques-Louis David's Oath of the
Horatii ; Raised-arm salutes in the United States before fascism : from the pledge
of allegiance to Ben-Hur on stage ; Early cinema : American and European epics ;
Cabiria : the intersection of cinema and politics ; Gabriele d'Annunzio and Cabiria
; Fiume : the Roman salute becomes a political symbol ; From D'Annunzio to Mussolini
; Nazi cinema and its impact on Hollywood's Roman epics : from Leni Riefenstahl to
Quo vadis ; Visual legacies : antiquity on the screen from Quo vadis to Rome ; Cinema
: from Salome to Alexander ; Television : from Star trek to Rome ; Conclusion.
