Capital punishment in popular culture, toys, games, and nursery rhymes : toying with death / Ellen Tsagaris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tsagaris, Ellen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital punishment in popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

Art generally imitates life. This book highlights how the death penalty and murder have influenced toy making, pop culture, art, and music. It also addresses issues of equality and injustice involved in death sentencing. Many toys and dolls are illustrated and discussed, including those representing royalty, famous trials and murderers. Included are a brief guide for reading legal cases, an actual United States Supreme Court case, and a brief history of capital punishment theories, exercises and more. Librarians, historians, legal practitioners, museum curators, law professors, criminologists, doll and toy collectors and students alike will find this book useful. Given how often capital punishment appears in everyday life, general readers will find it interesting and engaging.

Contents:

Intro

Dedication

Epigraph

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Epilogue

Appendices

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Tsagaris, Ellen Capital Punishment in Popular Culture, Toys, Games, and Nursery Rhymes

ISBN:

9781527501171

OCLC:

1376934138