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Losing our heads beheadings in literature and culture

Title
Losing our heads [electronic resource] : beheadings in literature and culture / Regina Janes.
Author
Janes, Regina, 1946-
Publication
New York : New York University Press, c2005.

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Description
1 online resource (xv, 255 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Losing our heads (Online)
Alternative Title
Losing our heads (Online)
Subject
  • Beheading > History
  • Beheading in literature
  • Executions and executioners in art
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-241) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2005006791
OCLC
ssj0000607403
Author
Janes, Regina, 1946-
Title
Losing our heads [electronic resource] : beheadings in literature and culture / Regina Janes.
Imprint
New York : New York University Press, c2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-241) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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