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Author Janes, Regina, 1946-

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

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2005]
©2005
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 Moore Stacks  HV8552 .J34 2005    Available  ---
Description xv, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-241) and index.
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 décolletage : beheadings in the colonies -- Epilogue : Craniate origins and headless futures.
Subject Beheading -- History.
Beheading.
History.
Beheading in literature.
Beheading in literature.
Executions and executioners in art.
Executions and executioners in art.
ISBN 0814742696 cloth alkaline paper
081474270X paperback alkaline paper
Standard No. 9780814742693
9780814742709

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