UID:
almahu_9949597492502882
Format:
1 online resource (xix, 290 pages) :
,
illustrations (black and white).
ISBN:
9781501750960 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
Cornell scholarship online
Uniform Title:
Guillotine au secret.
Content:
'Hiding the Guillotine' examines the question of state involvement in violence by tracing the evolution of public executions in France. Why did the state move executions from the bloody and public stage of the guillotine to behind prison doors? The book exposes the rituals and theatrical form of the death penalty and tells us who watched, who participated in, and who criticized (and ultimately brought an end to) a spectacle that the state called 'punishment.'
Note:
Translated from the French.
,
Previously issued in print: 2020.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9781501750946
Language:
English
URL:
Cornell scholarship online
