Janes, Regina,  1946- <br/><br/>
Losing our heads :  beheadings in literature and culture / 
Regina Janes. 
 - 1 online resource (272 pages) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780814743614 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Beheading--History.<br/>Beheading in literature.<br/>Executions and executioners in art.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV8552  / .J34 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.9