Losing our heads : beheadings in literature and culture / Regina Janes.

By: Janes, Regina, 1946- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : New York University Press, [2005]Copyright date: 2005Description: 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780814743614 (e-book)Subject(s): Beheading -- History | Beheading in literature | Executions and executioners in artGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Losing our heads : beheadings in literature and culture.DDC classification: 306.9 LOC classification: HV8552 | .J34 2005Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Prologue : Head matters -- Introduction to a beheading -- Bouncing heads and scaffold dramas -- Power to the people : his pike and her guillotine -- At the sign of the Baptist's head -- African heads and imperial decolletage : beheadings in the colonies -- Epilogue : Craniate origins and headless futures.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue : Head matters -- Introduction to a beheading -- Bouncing heads and scaffold dramas -- Power to the people : his pike and her guillotine -- At the sign of the Baptist's head -- African heads and imperial decolletage : beheadings in the colonies -- Epilogue : Craniate origins and headless futures.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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