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  1. Disembodied Heads in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  BRILL, Leiden ; ProQuest, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Discussing medieval and early modern 'disembodied heads' this collection questions the why and how of the primacy of the head in the bodily hierarchy during the premodern period. On the basis of beliefs, mythologies and traditions concerning the... more

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    Discussing medieval and early modern 'disembodied heads' this collection questions the why and how of the primacy of the head in the bodily hierarchy during the premodern period. On the basis of beliefs, mythologies and traditions concerning the head, they come to an 'cultural anatomy' of the head.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Baert, Barbara; Traninger, Anita
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9789004253551
    Edition: 1st edition
    Series: Intersections ; v.28
    Subjects: Kopf; Enthauptung; Enthauptung <Motiv>; Kultur; Head -- Social aspects -- Congresses; Human body -- Social aspects -- Congresses
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (331 Seiten)
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