Criminal Bodies in the West: Iconography and Life after Death

By Melissa Schrift

Book Overview

This book explores the cultural meanings of the criminal body in the west through historical and multidisciplinary frameworks, examining how the criminal corpse held cultural meaning as both repository of power and material relic. This book was first published as a special issue of Mortality.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032084162
• ISBN13: 9781032084169
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.7" x 9.6"