Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments x
5. Introduction: Violence and the Image in Transition 1
6. 1. Bodily Animation: Bones, Skulls, and Skeletons 34
7. 2. Bodily Mutation: From Muscles to Flesh and Blood 64
8. 3. Bones in Transit, Flesh in Shreds: Anatomy and the New World Cannibal 96
9. 4. Between Face and Brain: Recalibrating the Head 126
10. 5. The Rib Within: The Wax Model and the Violence of Embodiment 156
11. Notes 185
12. Bibliography 195
13. Index 204