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Picturing punishment : the spectacle and material afterlife of the criminal body in the Dutch Republic /

"Picturing Punishment examines representations of criminal bodies as they moved in, out, and through publicly accessible spaces in the city during punishment rituals in the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic. Once put to death, the criminal cadaver did not come to rest. Its movement through pub...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gobin, Anuradha (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Structures of power : constructing and publicizing the New Amsterdam Town Hall
  • Procession and execution rituals : moving through the New Amsterdam Town Hall
  • Disposal and display : the criminal corpse on the gallows
  • Subversion and symbolic transformation : recreation, ambush, and humour at the gallows
  • Serving the public good : reform, prestige, and the productive criminal body in Amsterdam
  • The transformation of touch : flayed skin and the visual and material afterlife of the criminal body in the Leiden Anatomical Theatre
  • The symbolism of skin : illustrating the flayed body.