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Janes, Regina, 1946- author.

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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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations
	text rdacontent
	computer rdamedia
	online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references 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 decolletage : beheadings in the colonies -- Epilogue : Craniate origins and headless futures.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Beheading -- History.
	Beheading in literature.
	Executions and executioners in art.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Janes, Regina. Losing our heads : beheadings in literature and culture. New York : New York University Press, [2005] xv, 255 pages ; 24 cm 9780814742693
ISBN	9780814742693 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0814742696 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9780814742709 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	081474270X (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9780814743614 (e-book)