Helen of Troy in Hollywood by Blondell, Ruby
Helen of Troy in Hollywood by Blondell, Ruby

Helen of Troy in Hollywood

How a legendary woman from classical antiquity has come to embody the threat of transcendent beauty in...
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Author: Ruby Blondell
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Helen of Troy in Hollywood by Blondell, Ruby

Helen of Troy in Hollywood

$799.00
Helen of Troy in Hollywood by Blondell, Ruby

Helen of Troy in Hollywood

$799.00
Author: Ruby Blondell
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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How a legendary woman from classical antiquity has come to embody the threat of transcendent beauty in movies and TV

Helen of Troy in Hollywood examines the figure of the mythic Helen in film and television, showing how storytellers from different Hollywood eras have used Helen to grapple with the problems and dynamics of gender and idealized femininity. Paying careful attention to how the image of Helen is embodied by the actors who have portrayed her, Ruby Blondell provides close readings of such works as Wolfgang Petersen's Troy and the Star Trek episode "Elaan of Troyius," going beyond contextualization to lead the reader through a fundamental rethinking of how we understand and interpret the classic tradition.

A luminous work of scholarship by one of today's leading classicists, Helen of Troy in Hollywood highlights the importance of ancient myths not as timeless stories frozen in the past but as lenses through which to view our own artistic, cultural, and political moment in a new light. This incisive book demonstrates how, whether as the hero of these screen adaptations or as a peripheral character in male-dominated adventures, the mythic Helen has become symbolic of the perceived dangers of superhuman beauty and transgressive erotic agency.

Author: Ruby Blondell
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 08/01/2023
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.06w x 1.26d
ISBN: 9780691229621

About the Author
Ruby Blondell is professor emerita of classics and adjunct professor emerita of gender, women, and sexuality studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. Their books include Helen of Troy: Beauty, Myth, Devastation and Ancient Sex: New Essays.
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