Dr Frances Larson

Broschiertes Buch

Severed

A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found

Beschreibung

A serious and seriously entertaining exploration of the dark and varied obsessions that the 'civilized West' has had with decapitated heads and skulls.

Autor

Dr Frances Larson is an honorary research fellow in anthropology at Durham University. She is the author of a biography of Henry Wellcome, An Infinity of Things (OUP, 2009), which was part-funded by a Wingate Scholarship. The book was published to considerable critical acclaim and was subsequently shortlisted for the MJA Awards and chosen as a Sunday Times Book of The Year, as well as a New Scientist Best Book of 2009. She is also the co-author of Knowing Things (OUP, 2007), a book on the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, where she worked as a researcher after receiving her D.Phil.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Granta Books
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 130mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9781783780563
• ISBN-10: 1783780568
• Artikelnr.: 42535492