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Severed : A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found by Frances Larson (2014, Hardcover)
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The human head is exceptional. It accommodates four of our five senses,encases the brain, and boasts the most expressive set of muscles in the body.It is our most distinctive attribute and connects our inner selves to the outerworld. Yet there is a dark side to the head's preeminence, one that has, in the courseof human history, manifested itself in everything from decapitation to headhunting.So explains anthropologist Frances Larson in this fascinating history of decapitatedhuman heads. From the Western collectors whose demand for shrunken headsspurred massacres to Second World War soldiers who sent the remains of the Japanesehome to their girlfriends, from Madame Tussaud modeling the guillotined headof Robespierre to Damien Hirst photographing decapitated heads in city morgues,from grave-robbing phrenologists to skull-obsessed scientists, Larson explores ourmacabre fixation with severed heads.Product Identifiers
PublisherLiveright Publishing Corporation
ISBN-100871404540
ISBN-139780871404541
eBay Product ID (ePID)201635143
Product Key Features
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSevered : a History of Heads Lost and Heads Found
Publication Year2014
SubjectAnthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General, Anatomy, Penology, World
TypeNot Available
Subject AreaMedical, History, Social Science
AuthorFrances Larson
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight21.7 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsThis idiosyncratic history of decapitation... jumps between historical and recent examples, from the invention of the guillotine in the French Revolution to Damien Hirst's self-portrait in a morgue... This morbid obsession, [Larson] argues, is common to all cultures--a realization that dawned on her when she worked at a museum that exhibited shrunken heads. Her book shares in this fascination--'dangerous but irresistible'--and makes some distinctions between the forms it takes., [W]ide-ranging and thoughtful... In an age where so many taboos are fading, the severed head retains its dreadful and sacred power., No need to explain why this nonfiction book made the top of my list... Despite the ghoulish subject, this is a closely researched, indeed, scholarly study of the bizarre customs of hunting, collecting, trading, displaying and otherwise bonding with other people's heads., Larson delves into the grotesque yet wildly fascinating topic of decapitation... [Her] lively, conversational tone turns these morbid objects into something more meaningful than a mere expression of the macabre.
Target AudienceTrade
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal306.4
Lc Classification NumberHm636
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- 29. Dez. 2020
Interesting (if slightly morbid) read
Compelling book with a lot of new informationBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
