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Death Comes to the Maiden:

Sex and Execution, 1431-1933
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Taylor & Francis, Jan 1, 1991 - Social Science - 274 pages
  

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Contents

BURIALS AND BURNINGS
7
BEHEADING
37
HANGING
80
DAME GUILLOTINE
103
THE ART OF IMMOLATION
185
CONCLUSION
243
Notes
252
Index
263
Copyright

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Death Comes to the Maiden: Sex and Execution, 1431-1933- By Camille
Death Comes to the Maiden: Sex and Execution, 1431-1933- By Camille. Naish. London: Routledge. 1991. xii + 274 pp. £30. ISBN 0415 05585 7. ...
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JSTOR: Over Her Dead Body: Death, Femininity and the Aesthetic
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TitleDeath Comes to the Maiden: Sex and Execution, 1431-1933
AuthorCamille Naish
PublisherTaylor & Francis, 1991
ISBN0415055857, 9780415055857
Length274 pages
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