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Death Comes to the Maiden
- Sex and Execution 1431-1933
Engelsk
Bogcover for Death Comes to the Maiden af Camille Naish, 9781138008106
Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
296
ISBN-13:
9781138008106
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1138008109
Udg. Dato:
4 jul 2014
Størrelse i cm:
23,4 x 15,6
Oplagsdato:
4 jul 2014
Forfatter(e):
Paperback 2014
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In 1791, the French femme de lettres Olympe de Gouges wrote that ''as women have the right to take their places on the scaffold, they must also have the right to take their seats in government''. This book explores the issues of female emancipation through the history of female execution, from the burning of Joan of Arc in 1431 to the events of the French revolution.

Concentrating on individual victims, the author addresses the sexual attitudes and prejudices encountered by women condemned to death. She examines the horrific treatment of those denounced as witches and reveals the gruesome reality of death by hanging, burning or the guillotine. In an attempt to uncover the historical truth behind such figures as Joan of Arc, Anne Boleyn, Manon Roland and Charlotte Corday, she goes beyond biography to consider their deaths in symbolic terms. She also considers writers such as Genet, Yourcenar and Brecht and their treatment of the tragic, sacrificial and erotic aspects of female execution.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
296
ISBN-13:
9781138008106
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1138008109
Udg. Dato:
4 jul 2014
Størrelse i cm:
23,4 x 15,6
Oplagsdato:
4 jul 2014
Forfatter(e):
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