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Hiding the Guillotine - Public Executions in France, 1870–1939 (Hardcover)
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Hiding the Guillotine - Public Executions in France, 1870–1939 (Hardcover)
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Hiding the Guillotine examines the question of state involvement in
violence by tracing the evolution of public executions in France.
Why did the state move executions from the bloody and public stage
of the guillotine to behind prison doors? In a fascinating
exploration of a grim subject, Emmanuel Taïeb exposes the rituals
and theatrical form of the death penalty and tells us who watched,
who participated in, and who criticized (and ultimately brought an
end to) a spectacle that the state called "punishment." France's
abolition of the death penalty in 1981 has long overshadowed its
suppression of public executions over forty years earlier. Since
the Revolution, executions attracted tens of thousands of curious
onlookers. But, gradually, there was a shift in attitude and the
public no longer saw this as a civilized pastime. Why? Combining
material from legal archives, police files, an executioner's
notebooks, newspaper clippings, and documents relating to 566
executions, Hiding the Guillotine answers this question. Taïeb
demonstrates the ways in which the media was at the vanguard of
putting an end to the publicity surrounding the death penalty. The
press had ample reason to be critical: cities were increasingly
being used for leisure activity and prisons for those accused of
criminal activity. The agitation surrounding each execution,
coupled with a growing identification with the condemned, would
blur these boundaries. Ranked among the top hundred history books
by the website, Café du Web Historizo, Hiding the Guillotine has
much to impart to students of legal history, human rights, and
criminology, as well as to American historians.
General
Imprint: |
Cornell University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2020 |
First published: |
2022 |
Authors: |
Emmanuel Taïeb
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Translators: |
Sarah-Louise Raillard
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Foreword by: |
Mitchel P. Roth
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
312 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5017-5094-6 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-5017-5094-1 |
Barcode: |
9781501750946 |
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