Losing Our Heads : : Beheadings in Literature and Culture / / Regina Janes.
What is the fascination that decollation holds for us, as individuals and as a culture? Why does the idea make us laugh and the act make us close our eyes? Losing Our Heads explores in both artistic and cultural contexts the role of the chopped-off head. It asks why the practice of decapitation was...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2005] ©2005 |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Prologue
- 1. Introduction to a Beheading
- 2. Bouncing Heads and Scaffold Dramas
- 3. Power to the People
- 4. At the Sign of the Baptist’s Head
- 5. African Heads and Imperial Décolletage
- 6. Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author