{"product_id":"losing-our-heads-9780814742693","title":"Losing Our Heads","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"To read \u003cb\u003eLosing Our Heads\u003c\/b\u003e is to experience that same frisson Regina Janes ascribes to the guillotinea powerful and seductive and (excuse me) heady combination of gossip and scholarship.\" -- Kathryn Davis,author of Versailles\u003cbr\u003e\"Why are beheadings so captivating in society and literature? Losing Our Heads: Beheadings In Literature And Culture tackles a gruesome topic, providing a healthy dose of anthropological, medical, social and literary insight to accounts of beheadings from antiquity to modern times.\" * Bookwatch *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrefacePrologue: Head Matters 1 Introduction to a Beheading 2 Bouncing Heads and Scaffold Dramas 3 Power to the People: His Pike and Her Guillotine 4 At the Sign of the Baptist's Head 5 African Heads and Imperial Decolletage: Beheadings in the Colonies 6 Epilogue: Craniate Origins and Headless Futures Notes Index About the Author","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405884498263,"sku":"9780814742693","price":59.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780814742693.jpg?v=1730493796","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/losing-our-heads-9780814742693","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}