Severed - A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found (Paperback)

Our history is littered with heads. Over the centuries, they have decorated our churches, festooned our city walls and filled our museums; they have been props for artists and specimens for laboratory scientists, trophies for soldiers and items of barter. Today, as videos of decapitations circulate online and cryonicists promise that our heads may one day live on without our bodies, the severed head is as contentious and compelling as ever. From shrunken heads to trophies of war; from memento mori to Damien Hirst's With Dead Head; from grave-robbing phrenologists to enterprising scientists, Larson explores the bizarre, often gruesome and confounding history of the severed head. Its story is our story.

General

Imprint:	Granta Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2015
Authors:	Frances Larson
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-1-78378-056-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
LSN:	1-78378-056-8
Barcode:	9781783780563

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